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Acrodermatitis enteropathica mutations affect transport activity, localization and zinc-responsive trafficking of the mouse ZIP4 zinc transporter.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Mar 2004
Wang Fudi, Kim Byung-Eun, Dufner-Beattie Jodi, Petris Michael J, Andrews Glen, Eide David J
Abstract excerpt
The Zip4 protein is involved in dietary zinc uptake from the intestinal lumen. The human ZIP4 gene (SLC39A4) was identified because of its association with acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE), a genetic disorder of zinc absorption. To date, several SLC39A4 mutations have been identified in AE patients. To investigate the effects of these mutations on function of the Zip4 transporter, we introduced six AE-associated...
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