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Homo sapiens Protein: SLC39A4
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-40865.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol SLC39A4
Protein Name solute carrier family 39 (zinc transporter), member 4
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000301305
InnateDB Gene IDBG-40863 (SLC39A4)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Plays an important role in cellular zinc homeostasis as a zinc transporter. Regulated in response to zinc availability (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular Localization Cell membrane {ECO:0000269PubMed:14612438}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269PubMed:14612438}. Recycling endosome membrane {ECO:0000269PubMed:14612438}; Multi- pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269PubMed:14612438}. Note=Colocalized with TFRC in the recycling endosomes. Cycles between endosomal compartments and the plasma membrane in response to zinc availability.
Disease Associations Acrodermatitis enteropathica, zinc-deficiency type (AEZ) [MIM:201100]: A rare autosomal recessive disease caused by the inability to absorb sufficient zinc. The clinical features are growth retardation, immune-system dysfunction, alopecia, severe dermatitis, diarrhea and occasionally mental disorders. {ECO:0000269PubMed:12032886, ECO:0000269PubMed:12068297, ECO:0000269PubMed:12787121, ECO:0000269PubMed:14702039}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Tissue Specificity Highly expressed in kidney, small intestine, stomach, colon, jejunum and duodenum. {ECO:0000269PubMed:12032886, ECO:0000269PubMed:12068297}.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 1 [view]
Protein-Protein 1 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005385 zinc ion transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0046873 metal ion transmembrane transporter activity
Biological Process
GO:0006829 zinc ion transport
GO:0006882 cellular zinc ion homeostasis
GO:0030001 metal ion transport
GO:0034224 cellular response to zinc ion starvation
GO:0055085 transmembrane transport
GO:0071577 zinc ion transmembrane transport
Cellular Component
GO:0005768 endosome
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0016023 cytoplasmic membrane-bounded vesicle
GO:0016324 apical plasma membrane
GO:0055038 recycling endosome membrane
GO:0070062 extracellular vesicular exosome
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR003689 Zinc/iron permease
PFAM PF02535
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q6P5W5
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q6P5W5
TrEMBL Q9NX22
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 55630
UniGene Hs.521934
RefSeq NP_570901
HUGO HGNC:17129
OMIM 607059
CCDS CCDS6424
HPRD 06137
IMGT
EMBL AF205589 AK000334 AK000489 AK025537 BC001688 BC062625
GenPept AAH01688 AAH62625 BAA91091 BAA91200 BAB15164

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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