Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of zinc transporter genes/proteins in plants

R Vatansever, İİ Özyiğit, E Filiz - Turkish Journal of Biology, 2016 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Zinc is an important catalytic element for more than 300 enzymes and plays a structural role
in the stabilization of many proteins. Protein domain analysis showed that identified Zn …

Genome-wide Analysis of Zinc Transporter Genes of Maize (Zea mays)

TK Mondal, SA Ganie, MK Rana, TR Sharma - Plant molecular biology …, 2014 - Springer
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals. Zinc-regulated transporters
and iron-regulated transporter-like proteins (ZIP) are important zinc transporters in plants …

Identification and characterization of the zinc-regulated transporters, iron-regulated transporter-like protein (ZIP) gene family in maize

S Li, X Zhou, Y Huang, L Zhu, S Zhang, Y Zhao, J Guo… - BMC Plant …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) are essential micronutrients for plant growth
and development, their deficiency or excess severely impaired physiological and …

The molecular genetics of zinc uptake and utilization efficiency in crop plants

A Moreira, LAC Moraes, AR dos Reis - Plant micronutrient use efficiency, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plant growth and development, and its deficiency
in plants has been widely reported in many regions of the world. About 50% of soil used for …

Cloning and characterisation of ZmZLP1, a gene encoding an endoplasmic reticulum-localised zinc transporter in Zea mays

YG Xu, BS Wang, JJ Yu, GM Ao… - Functional Plant …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
The ZmZLP1 (ZmZIP-like protein) gene was isolated from a cDNA library of Zea mays
L.(maize) pollen. Bioinformatics analysis indicated that ZmZLP1 shares many characteristics …

Differential metal selectivity and gene expression of two zinc transporters from rice

SA Ramesh, R Shin, DJ Eide… - Plant physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Zinc is an essential mineral for a wide variety of physiological and biochemical processes.
To understand zinc transport in cereals, we identified putative zinc transporters in gene …

Structure, function, regulation and phylogenetic relationship of ZIP family transporters of plants

TP Ajeesh Krishna, T Maharajan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and humans. Nearly 50% of the agriculture
soils of world are Zn-deficient. The low availability of Zn reduces the yield and quality of the …

Genome-wide identification and comparative analysis of copper transporter genes in plants

R Vatansever, II Ozyigit, E Filiz - Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational …, 2017 - Springer
Copper (Cu) transporters have primary importance in maintenance of physiological limits of
Cu homeostasis in plants. However, structural characterization of Cu transporters in many …

Identification and characterization of zinc-starvation-induced ZIP transporters from barley roots

P Pedas, JK Schjoerring, S Husted - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2009 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) is an essential element for plants but limited information is currently available on
the molecular basis for Zn2+ transport in crop species. To expand the knowledge on Zn2+ …

The Phaseolus vulgaris ZIP gene family: identification, characterization, mapping, and gene expression

C Astudillo, AC Fernandez, MW Blair… - Frontiers in plant …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Zinc is an essential mineral for humans and plants and is involved in many physiological
and biochemical processes. In humans, Zn deficiency has been associated with retarded …