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H(+)-coupled divalent metal-ion transporter-1: functional properties, physiological roles and therapeutics.
Current topics in membranes - 1 Jan 2012
Shawki Ali, Knight Patrick B, Maliken Bryan D, Niespodzany Eric J, Mackenzie Bryan
Abstract excerpt
Divalent metal-ion transporter-1 (DMT1) is a widely expressed, iron-preferring membrane transport protein. Animal models establish that DMT1 plays indispensable roles in intestinal nonheme-iron absorption and iron acquisition by erythroid precursor cells. Rare mutations in human DMT1 result in severe microcytic-hypochromic anemia. When we express DMT1 in RNA-injected Xenopus oocytes, we observe rheogenic Fe(2+)...
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