Varying selection pressure for a Na+ sensing site in epithelial Na+ channel subunits reflect divergent roles in Na+ homeostasis
X.-P. Wang, P. Srinivasan, M. El Hamdaoui, R. Grytz, O. Kashlan
The paper examines the evolution of a Na+ binding site in ENaC subunits, showing that the site is conserved in subunits but lost in delta subunits, suggesting divergent roles in Na+ homeostasis.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2024Evolutionary Biology