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Facts about Zinc transporter ZIP8.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | SLC39A8 |
Uniprot: | Q9C0K1 |
Entrez: | 64116 |
Belongs to: |
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ZIP transporter (TC 2.A.5) family |
BCG induced integral membrane protein BIGM103; BIGM103BCG-induced integral membrane protein in monocyte clone 103 protein; LIV-1 subfamily of ZIP zinc transporter 6; LZT-Hs6; solute carrier family 39 (metal ion transporter), member 8; solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 8; Solute carrier family 39 member 8; zinc transporter ZIP8; ZIP8; ZIP-8; Zrt- and Irt-like protein 8
Mass (kDA):
49.631 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4q24 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (102251041..102345482, complement) |
Expressed in thymus, placenta, lung, liver, pancreas and, to a lower extent, in spleen, testis, ovary, small intestine, colon, leukocyte, heart. Highest expression is observed in pancreas.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Associated with the lysosomal/endosomal compartment following transfection.
PMID: 12504855 by Begum N.A., et al. Mycobacterium bovis BCG cell wall and lipopolysaccharide induce a novel gene, BIGM103, encoding a 7-TM protein: identification of a new protein family having Zn-transporter and Zn-metalloprotease signatures.
PMID: 26637978 by Boycott K.M., et al. Autosomal-recessive intellectual disability with cerebellar atrophy syndrome caused by mutation of the manganese and zinc transporter gene SLC39A8.