Background
This gene encodes a member of a family of proteins that function as zinc transporters. This protein can regulate subcellular levels of zinc in the Golgi and vesicles. Expression of this gene is altered in the Alzheimer's disease brain plaques. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2016],
Function
function:Zinc-efflux transporter which allocates the cytoplasmic zinc to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) as well as the vesicular compartment.,miscellaneous:Seems to have lost most of the histidine residues in the loop between the fourth and fifth transmembrane regions and appears to exert transport function by forming complexes with znt5.,similarity:Belongs to the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) transporter (TC 2.A.4) family. SLC30A subfamily.,subcellular location:Found in vesicules.,subunit:Heterooligomer. Interacts with ZNT5.,tissue specificity:Expressed in brain; especially in cerebellum, hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus, superior and middle temporal gyrus. Also expressed in B cells, colon, eye, and lung. Lower expression was present in bone, brain, cervix, ear, heart, kidney, muscle, nerve, pancreas, prostate, skin, stomach, and testis.,
