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== Function == | == Function == | ||
'''Sodium/glucose cotransporter''' (SGLT) is responsible for glucose absorption across membranes. SGLT1 and SGLT2 which are expressed in different tissues, have similar active sites but differ in their non-active site structures. SGLT1 is responsible of glucose absorption in the small intestine and SGLT2 in kidney<ref>PMID:26125647</ref>. | '''Sodium/glucose cotransporter''' (SGLT) is responsible for glucose absorption across membranes. SGLT1 and SGLT2 which are expressed in different tissues, have similar active sites but differ in their non-active site structures. '''SGLT1''' is responsible of glucose absorption in the small intestine and '''SGLT2''' in kidney<ref>PMID:26125647</ref>. | ||
== Disease == | == Disease == | ||