Zinc transporter ZIP12

SLC39A12
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC39A12, LZT-Hs8, ZIP-12, bA570F3.1, solute carrier family 39 member 12, ZIP12
External IDs	OMIM: 608734; MGI: 2139274; HomoloGene: 17654; GeneCards: SLC39A12; OMA:SLC39A12 - orthologs
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (mouse)
End	14,499,788 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	retinal pigment epithelium; ; secondary oocyte; ; cerebellar vermis; ; external globus pallidus; ; putamen; ; entorhinal cortex; ; Brodmann area 9; ; Amygdala; ; hippocampus proper; ; superior frontal gyrus;
	Top expressed in
	Epithelium of choroid plexus; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord; ; deep cerebellar nuclei; ; suprachiasmatic nucleus; ; medial vestibular nucleus; ; retinal pigment epithelium; ; dorsal tegmental nucleus; ; inferior colliculi; ; superior colliculus; ; mammillary body;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	metal ion transmembrane transporter activity; zinc ion transmembrane transporter activity;
Cellular component	perinuclear region of cytoplasm; integral component of membrane; extracellular vesicle; plasma membrane; membrane; integral component of plasma membrane;
Biological process	metal ion transport; zinc ion transport; ion transport; regulation of neuron projection development; regulation of microtubule polymerization; transmembrane transport; cellular zinc ion homeostasis; signal transduction; zinc ion import across plasma membrane; transport;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	221074
	277468
	n/a
	ENSMUSG00000036949
	Q504Y0
	Q5FWH7
	NM_152725; NM_001145195; NM_001282733; NM_001282734
	NM_001012305
	NP_001138667; NP_001269662; NP_001269663; NP_689938
	NP_001012305
	Wikidata
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Solute carrier family 39 member 12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC39A12 gene.