SLC39A4

solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 4
Identifiers
Symbol SLC39A4
Alt. symbols AEZ
Entrez 55630
HUGO 17129
OMIM 607059
RefSeq NM_130849
UniProt Q6P5W5
Other data
Locus Chr. 8 q24.3

SLC39A4 is a transmembrane protein associated with acrodermatitis enteropathica.[1] Recently, researchers have hypothesized that acrodermatitis enteropathica may be caused by a mutation in the gene SLC39A4 coding for the hZip4 Zn transporter present in intestinal cells of the intestine.[2]

See also

References

  1. Kambe T, Andrews GK (January 2009). "Novel proteolytic processing of the ectodomain of the zinc transporter ZIP4 (SLC39A4) during zinc deficiency is inhibited by acrodermatitis enteropathica mutations". Mol. Cell. Biol. 29 (1): 129–39. doi:10.1128/MCB.00963-08. PMC 2612479Freely accessible. PMID 18936158.
  2. Beigi, Pooya Khan Mohammad; Maverakis, Emanual (2015-01-01). Acrodermatitis Enteropathica. Springer International Publishing. pp. 7–28. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17819-6_2. ISBN 9783319178189.


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