Abstract
Previously, in our laboratory a 40-kDa zinc transporter protein was purified and functionally reconstituted in proteoliposomes (Kumar R, Prasad R. Biochim Biophys Acta 1419: 23–32, 1999). Furthermore, we now report the identification of Slc39a10 cDNA encoding the 40-kDa zinc transporter protein by isolating a cloned DNA complementary to zinc transporter mRNA. cDNA was constructed from immunoenriched mRNA encoding the zinc transporter. cDNA was inserted into pBR322 using poly(dC)- poly(dG) tailing. Escherichia coli DH5α cells were transformed, and colonies were screened for zinc transporter cDNA by insertional inactivation. Plasmid DNA was purified from the ampicillin-sensitive clones, and the cDNA was sequenced from both strands. A basic local alignment research tool (BLAST) search of cDNA revealed that it belongs to the Slc39 gene family of zinc transporters and was designated as Slc39a10. Zinc transporter protein deduced on the basis of cDNA sequence was named rZip10 and consists of 385 amino acids with 9 predicted transmembrane domains. The Slc39a10 gene was abundantly expressed in both rat and human tissues. Increased extracellular zinc concentration resulted in upregulation of Slc39a10 in LLC-PK1cells expressing rZip10, which was downregulated at higher zinc concentrations. These cells accumulated more zinc than control cells. rZip10-mediated zinc uptake activity was time-, temperature-, and concentration-dependent and saturable which followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a Kmof 19.2 μM and Vmaxof 50 pmol·min−1·mg protein−1. This activity was competitively inhibited by cadmium with Kiof 91 μM. rZip10-mediated zinc uptake was inhibited by COOH group-modifying agents such as DCC. Immunofluorescence studies showed that rZip10 localizes to the plasma membrane of LLC-PK1cells.
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American Physiological Society
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