SLC39A1

SLC39A1
Identifiers
AliasesSLC39A1, ZIP1, ZIRTL, solute carrier family 39 member 1
External IDsMGI: 1353474 HomoloGene: 40906 GeneCards: SLC39A1
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 1 (human)[1]
BandNo data availableStart153,959,099 bp[1]
End153,968,184 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

27173

30791

Ensembl

ENSG00000143570

ENSMUSG00000052310

UniProt

Q9NY26

Q9QZ03

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_013901

RefSeq (protein)

NP_038929

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 153.96 – 153.97 MbChr 1: 90.25 – 90.25 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Zinc transporter ZIP1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC39A1 gene.[5] [6][7]

The protein ZIP1 is responsible for the active transport of zinc into prostate cells. In many prostate cancers SLC39A1 is silenced causing prostate cancer cells to be low in zinc.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000143570 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000052310 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  5. Lioumi M, Ferguson CA, Sharpe PT, Freeman T, Marenholz I, Mischke D, Heizmann C, Ragoussis J (Feb 2000). "Isolation and characterization of human and mouse ZIRTL, a member of the IRT1 family of transporters, mapping within the epidermal differentiation complex". Genomics. 62 (2): 272–80. PMID 10610721. doi:10.1006/geno.1999.5993.
  6. Gaither LA, Eide DJ (Mar 2000). "Functional expression of the human hZIP2 zinc transporter". J Biol Chem. 275 (8): 5560–4. PMID 10681536. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.8.5560.
  7. "Entrez Gene: SLC39A1 solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 1".
  8. Costello LC, Franklin RB (2006). "The clinical relevance of the metabolism of prostate cancer; zinc and tumor suppression: connecting the dots". Mol. Cancer. 5: 17. PMC 1481516Freely accessible. PMID 16700911. doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-17.

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