Biology:SLC11A1

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Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC11A1 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

This gene is a member of the solute carrier family 11 (proton-coupled divalent metal ion transporters) family and encodes a multi-pass membrane protein. The protein functions as a divalent transition metal (iron and manganese) transporter involved in iron metabolism and host resistance to certain pathogens. Mutations in this gene have been associated with susceptibility to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy, and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease.[4] Alternatively spliced variants that encode different protein isoforms have been described but the full-length nature of only one has been determined.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Human natural resistance-associated macrophage protein: cDNA cloning, chromosomal mapping, genomic organization, and tissue-specific expression". The Journal of Experimental Medicine 180 (5): 1741–52. November 1994. doi:10.1084/jem.180.5.1741. PMID 7964458. 
  2. "Isolation and characterization of human Nramp cDNA". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 204 (3): 1074–80. November 1994. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1994.2572. PMID 7980580. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: SLC11A1 solute carrier family 11 (proton-coupled divalent metal ion transporters), member 1". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=6556. 
  4. "[Detection of Trichomonas in the bronchi, sputum and oral cavity in various lung diseases]". Terapevticheskii Arkhiv 52 (3): 123–5. 1980. PMID 7385031. 

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.