Zinc transporter ZIP2 explained

Zinc transporter ZIP2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC39A2 gene.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Solute carrier family

Further reading

• Gong J, Xu J, Bezanilla M, etal . Differential stimulation of PKC phosphorylation of potassium channels by ZIP1 and ZIP2. . Science . 285 . 5433 . 1565–9 . 1999 . 10477520 . 10.1126/science.285.5433.1565 .
• Croci C, Brändstatter JH, Enz R . ZIP3, a new splice variant of the PKC-zeta-interacting protein family, binds to GABAC receptors, PKC-zeta, and Kv beta 2. . J. Biol. Chem. . 278 . 8 . 6128–35 . 2003 . 12431995 . 10.1074/jbc.M205162200 . free .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Dufner-Beattie J, Langmade SJ, Wang F, etal . Structure, function, and regulation of a subfamily of mouse zinc transporter genes. . J. Biol. Chem. . 278 . 50 . 50142–50 . 2004 . 14525987 . 10.1074/jbc.M304163200 . free .
• Suzuki Y, Yamashita R, Shirota M, etal . Sequence comparison of human and mouse genes reveals a homologous block structure in the promoter regions. . Genome Res. . 14 . 9 . 1711–8 . 2004 . 15342556 . 10.1101/gr.2435604 . 515316 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, etal . Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes. . Genome Res. . 16 . 1 . 55–65 . 2006 . 16344560 . 10.1101/gr.4039406 . 1356129 .
• Desouki MM, Geradts J, Milon B, etal . hZip2 and hZip3 zinc transporters are down regulated in human prostate adenocarcinomatous glands. . Mol. Cancer . 6 . 37 . 2007 . 17550612 . 10.1186/1476-4598-6-37 . 1892035 . free .

Notes and References

1. Gaither LA, Eide DJ . Functional expression of the human hZIP2 zinc transporter . J Biol Chem . 275 . 8 . 5560–4 . Mar 2000 . 10681536 . 10.1074/jbc.275.8.5560 . free .
2. Yamaguchi S . [Subtraction cloning of growth arrest inducible genes in normal human epithelial cells] . Kokubyo Gakkai Zasshi . 62 . 1 . 78–93 . Jun 1995 . 10.5357/koubyou.62.78 . 7751801 . free .
3. Web site: Entrez Gene: SLC39A2 solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 2.