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ArticleScience advances2017

Crystal structures of a ZIP zinc transporter reveal a binuclear metal center in the transport pathway.

Tuo Zhang, Jian Liu, Matthias Fellner, Chi Zhang, Dexin Sui, Jian Hu

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Article in Science advances, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96citing papers in PubMed
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96 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tuo ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0900-9285
Jian LiuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5668-542X
Matthias FellnerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Chi ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Dexin SuiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Jian HuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6657-9826
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Zinc enrichment/zinc sensing mechanism through the extracellular domain of ZIP4R01GM115373 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HU, JIAN · 2015 to 2019
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zrt/Irt-like proteins (ZIPs) play fundamental roles in metal metabolism/homeostasis and are broadly involved in numerous physiological and pathological processes. The lack of high-resolution structure of the ZIPs hinders understanding of the metal transport mechanism. We report two crystal structures of a prokaryotic ZIP in lipidic cubic phase with bound metal substrates (Cd

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Binding SitesZinc FingersAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBiological TransportCation Transport ProteinsHumansMetalsModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationMutationProtein BindingSignal TransductionStructure-Activity RelationshipZincBacterial ProteinsCation Transport ProteinsMetalsSLC39A4 protein, humanZinc

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PMID28875161
PMCPMC5573306
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