DMT1: Which metals does it transport?

DMT1 _ Divalent Metal (Ion) Transporter 1 or SLC11A2/DCT1/Nramp2 _ transports Fe2+ into the duodenum and out of the endosome during the transferrin cycle. DMT1 also is important in non-transferrin bound iron uptake. It plays similar roles in Mn2+ trafficking. Voltage clamping showed that six other m...

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Main Authors: MICHAEL D GARRICK, STEVEN T SINGLETON, FARIDA VARGAS, H-C KUO, LIN ZHAO, MARTIN KNÖPFEL, TODD DAVIDSON, MAX COSTA, PRASAD PARADKAR, JEROME A ROTH, LAURA M GARRICK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602006000100009&lng=en&tlng=en