Function
Uniporter that transports zinc(2+) into polarized cells of enterocytes, pancreatic acinar and endoderm cells across the basolateral membrane and participates, notably, in zinc excretion from the intestine by the uptake of zinc from the blood into the intestine. The transport mechanism is temperature- and concentration-dependent and saturable. In addition, is also a high affinity copper transporter in vitro.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Basolateral cell membrane (Multi-pass membrane protein)
Tissue Specificity: Expressed in liver, kidney, pancreas, small intestine, colon, spleen, fetal liver and fetal kidney
Disease Association: Myopia 24, autosomal dominant (MYP24) : A refractive error of the eye, in which parallel rays from a distant object come to focus in front of the retina, vision being better for near objects than for far. [The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry]
Product Specifications
Recombinant Human Zinc transporter ZIP5 (SLC39A5) Protein is a recombinant protein from Homo sapiens (Human), expressed in in vitro E.coli expression system, covering amino acids 21-540aa, with N-terminal 10xHis-tagged tag, molecular weight 55.9kDa, purity Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications.
