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TCIDNameOrganismal TypeExample
2.A.5.1.1
High affinity zinc uptake transporter, Zrt1
Yeast, animals, plants
Zrt1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
2.A.5.1.2
Iron regulated Fit1-mediated plasma membrane high affinity Fe2+ uptake transporter, Irt1 (also takes up Co2+, Mn2+, Zn2+ and possibly Cd2+ and Fe2+) (Korshunova et al., 1999; Schaaf et al., 2006)
Plants, animals, yeast
Irt1 of Arabidopsis thaliana
2.A.5.1.3
Zinc/iron uptake transporter, Zip1 (Grass et al., 2005; Grotz et al., 1998)
Plants
Zip1 of Arabidopsis thaliana (O81123)
2.A.5.1.4
Iron-regulated Fit1-mediated (coregulated with Irt1) vacuolar high-affinity Fe2+ efflux (from the vacuole into the cytoplasm) transporter, Irt2 (also transports Zn2+ (Schaaf et al., 2006)
Plants
Irt2 of Arabidopsis thaliana (O81850)
2.A.5.2.1

Golgi Mn2 homeostasis protein (probably pumps Mn2 into cytoplasm), ATX2 (Eide, D.J, 1998)

Yeast
ATX2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
2.A.5.3.1
Growth arrest-inducible protein
Animals
Growth arrest-inducible protein of Homo sapiens
2.A.5.3.2
Zn2+ uptake transporter, Zip1 (abundantly expressed; involved in zinc homeostasis rather than acquisition of dietary Zn2+) (Gaither and Eide, 2000).
Animals
Zip1 of Homo sapiens
(Q9NY26)
2.A.5.3.3
Zn2+ uptake transporter, Zip3 (poorly expressed; involved in Zn2+ homeostasis) (Dufner-Beattie et al., 2003).
Animals
Zip3 of Homo sapiens
(Q9BRY0)
2.A.5.4.1
Zip4 Zn2+ uptake transporter (Acrodermatitis enteropathica zinc-deficiency disease protein) (Dufner-Beattie et al., 2003)
Animals
Zip4 of Homo sapiens
2.A.5.4.2

Zinc transporter, LIV1 (essential for the nuclear localization of the zinc-finger protein Snail, a master regulator of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in zebrafish gastrulation) (Yamashita et al., 2004)

Animals

LIV1 in Danio rerio (Q6L8F3)
2.A.5.4.3
Zip7 golgi Zn2+ uptake (into the cytoplasm) transporter (Ke4, Slc39a7) (Huang et al., 2005). This protein can substitute for Iar1, the indole acetic acid-alanine resistance protein, of A. thaliana (Lasswell et al., 2000)
Animals
Ke4 of Mus musculus (Q92504)
2.A.5.4.4
Bidirectional endoplasmic reticular Zn2+ transporter, Yke4 (346 aas; Kumanovics et al., 2006)
Yeast
Yke4 (YIL023c) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (P40544)
2.A.5.4.5

Zip14 Zn2+/Fe2+ uptake transporter (mobilized to the sinusoidal membrane of the hepatocyte during acute inflammation). May also transport other divalent cations including Cd2+.

Animals

Zip14 of Homo sapiens (Q6ZME8)
2.A.5.4.6
Zinc transporter, Zip10 (plays an essential role in the migratory activity of highly metastatic breast cancer cells) (Kagara et al., 2007)
Animals
Zip10 of Homo sapiens (Q9ULF5)
2.A.5.4.7
The indole acetic acid-alanine resistance protein 1, Iar1 (Lasswell et al., 2000)
Plants
Iar1 of Arabidopsis thaliana (Q9M647)
2.A.5.4.8
The divalent cation (M2+): bicarbonate (HCO3-) transporter (M2+:HCO3- = 1:2). Transports Cd2+ and Zn2+, and probably Cu2+, Pb2+, and Hg2+ (based on competitive inhibition studies (Liu et al., 2008))
Animals
Zip8 of Mus musculus (Q91W10)
2.A.5.4.9

Probable Zn2+ transporter, Zip13 (SLC39A13). Mice deficient in Zn transporter Slc39a13/Zip13 show changes in bone, teeth and connective tissue reminiscent of the clinical spectrum of human Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) (Fukada et al., 2008).

Animals

Zip13 of Mus musculus (Q8BZH0)
2.a.5.4.10

Zn2+ transporter, Zip5 (540aas; 1+3+3 TMSs; processed to a 3+3 TMS protein) (Basolateral membrane; carries out serosal to mucosal transport)

Animals

Zip5 of Homo sapiens (Q6ZMH5)
2.A.5.5.1

Broad specificity heavy metal divalent cation uptake transporter, ZupT (Fe2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Cd2+ and Zn2+ are transported) (Grass et al., 2005). Point mutations change the specificity and kinetics of metal uptake (Taudte and Grass, 2010).

Bacteria

ZupT of E. coli (P0A8H3)
2.A.5.6.1
The Fe2+ transporter, Lit1, required for intracellular growth and virulence of Leishmania (Huynh and Andrews, 2007)
Protozoans
Lit1 of Leishmania major (Q4Q5V1)
2.A.5.7.1

Zip family member, ZIP9 (SLC39A9) (307aas; 8 TMSs)

Animals

SLC39A9 of Homo sapiens (Q9NUM3)