zinc transporter ZIP5 (solute carrier family 39 member 5, SLC39A5, ZIP5)

Function

• role in polarized cells
• serosal-to-mucosal zinc transport
• role in controlling organismal zinc status

Structure

• glycosylated
• belongs to the ZIP transporter (TC 2.A.5) family

Compartment

basolateral cell membrane

Expression

• expressed in liver, kidney, pancreas, small intestine, colon, spleen, fetal liver, fetal kidney

More general terms

• transmembrane 6 protein
• solute carrier family 39 (SLC39, SLC39A)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608730
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6ZMH5.html