Protein Name solute carrier family 39 member 8
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 295455
Gene Symbol

Slc39a8

UniProt Q5FVQ0 (S39A8_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 18
Total Number of Articles : 11
Description

solute carrier family 39 member 8

Gene Summary

Enables zinc:bicarbonate symporter activity. Involved in monoatomic cation transmembrane transport. Located in plasma membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIn. Orthologous to human SLC39A8 (solute carrier family 39 member 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • metal cation symporter ZIP8
  • ZIP-8
  • solute carrier family 39 (metal ion transporter), member 8
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Properties