SLC39A12
Description
The SLC39A12 (solute carrier family 39 member 12) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 10.
SLC39A12, also known as ZIP12, is a human gene encoding a protein that plays a crucial role in zinc transport. Zinc is an essential mineral involved in various cellular processes, including metabolism, gene regulation, and cell growth. ZIP12 belongs to a family of proteins called ZIPs, which transport metals across cell membranes. ZIP12 shares similarities with ZIP4, a transporter associated with acrodermatitis enteropathica, a genetic disorder. Human ZIP12 has two main splice variants, differing in length due to the inclusion or exclusion of an exon.
SLC39A12 is also known as LZT-Hs8, ZIP-12, ZIP12, bA570F3.1.
