CorA metal ion transporter
| CorA-like Mg2+ transporter protein | |||||||||||
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Structure of the CorA Mg2+ transporter. | |||||||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||||||
| Symbol | CorA | ||||||||||
| Pfam | PF01544 | ||||||||||
| InterPro | IPR002523 | ||||||||||
| TCDB | 1.A.35 | ||||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 66 | ||||||||||
| OPM protein | 2bbj | ||||||||||
| CDD | cd11744 | ||||||||||
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The CorA transport system is the primary Mg2+ influx system of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli. CorA is ubiquitous in the Bacteria and Archaea. There are also eukaryotic members of the family localized to the mitochondrial membrane such as MRS2 and Lpe10 in yeast.