CorA metal ion transporter

CorA-like Mg2+ transporter protein

Structure of the CorA Mg2+ transporter.[1]
Identifiers
Symbol CorA
Pfam PF01544
InterPro IPR002523
TCDB 1.A.35
OPM superfamily 72
OPM protein 2bbj
CDD cd11744

The CorA transport system is the primary Mg2+ influx system of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli.[2][3] CorA is ubiquitous in the Bacteria and Archaea. There are also eukaryotic members of the family.

Subfamilies

Human proteins containing this domain

MRS2L;

References

  1. Lunin VV, Dobrovetsky E, Khutoreskaya G, et al. (April 2006). "Crystal structure of the CorA Mg2+ transporter". Nature. 440 (7085): 833–7. PMID 16598263. doi:10.1038/nature04642.
  2. Maguire ME, Kehres DG, Lawyer CH (1998). "The CorA magnesium transporter gene family". Microb. Comp. Genomics. 3 (3): 151–169. PMID 9775386. doi:10.1089/omi.1.1998.3.151.
  3. Smith RL, Maguire ME, Szegedy MA, Kucharski LM, Walker C, Wiet RM, Redpath A, Kaczmarek MT (1998). "The CorA Mg2+ transport protein of Salmonella typhimurium. Mutagenesis of conserved residues in the third membrane domain identifies a Mg2+ pore". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (44): 28663–28669. PMID 9786860. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.44.28663.

Further reading

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