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The protein called TMEM163 extrudes zinc out of the cells and should be now classified as a new member of the mammalian ZnT family of zinc efflux transporters. We proposed that it should be called ZNT11 as the eleventh member of the ZNT protein family.
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Why is it important?
TMEM163 or ZNT11 is a new zinc transporter that may serve a redundant function to maintain zinc homeostasis in specific tissues.
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This page is a summary of: Transmembrane 163 (TMEM163) protein effluxes zinc, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, November 2019, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.108166.
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