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#multi-pass proteins

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Which of the following proteins spans the membrane 14 times?

Band 3 anion exchanger family SLC4A1 represents prototypical high abundance multi-pass transporter in human erythrocytes comprising about twenty five percent integral membrane protein. Full length nine hundred eleven amino acids organized into two domains: N-terminal cytoplasmic domain approximately four hundred three residues forming elongated dimeric structure binding ankyrin, protein 4.2, deoxyhemoglobin, and glycolytic enzymes including aldolase regulating metabolism; C-terminal membrane domain approximately five hundred residues comprising fourteen transmembrane helices arranged into two

Ref: Arakawa et al., Crystal Structure of AE1 Band 3 Anion Exchanger, Science 2015.