The evolutionary path of the epithelial sodium channel delta-subunit in Cetartiodactyla points to a role in sodium sensing
Fynn Zahnow, Chiara Jäger, Yassmin Mohamed, Gianluca Vogelhuber, Fabian May, Alexandra Maria Ciocan, Arianna Manieri, Stephan Maxeiner, Gabriela Krasteva‐Christ, Oskar Schnappauf, Matthew R. D. Cobain, Lars Podsiadłowski, José Luís Crespo-Picazo, Daniel García‐Párraga, Mike Althaus
The paper traces the evolutionary changes in the ENaC delta-subunit in cetartiodactyls, suggesting it functions in sodium sensing and became obsolete in marine cetaceans.
Communications Biology · Jul 4, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology