Protein
Zinc transporter 8
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Facilitates the accumulation of zinc from the cytoplasm into intracellular vesicles, being a zinc-efflux transporter (By similarity). May be a major component for providing zinc to insulin maturation and/or storage processes in insulin-secreting pancreatic beta-cells.
Similarity
Belongs to the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) transporter (TC 2.A.4) family. SLC30A subfamily.
Sequence
MEFLERTYLVNDQATKMYAFTSDRERGQKPVNKDQCPGDGPERPEAGAIYHCHNSFKATGNRSSKQVHAKWRLCAASAICFFFMVAEVVGGHVAGSLAVLTDAAHLLIDLTSFLLSLFSLWLSSRPPSKRLTFGWYRAEILGALLSVLCIWVVTGVLVYLACERLLYPDYQIQAGIMITVSGCAVAANIVLTLILHQRHLGHNHKDAQANASVRAAFVHALGDVFQSTSVLISALIIYFKPDYKMADPVCTFISSVLALASTVMILKDFSILLMEGVPKGLSYNSVKELLLTVDGVISVHNLHIWSLTVNQVILSVHVATAASQDSQSVRTGIACALSSSFDLHSLTIQIESAADQDPSCLLCEDPQD