Zinc ions are required to maintain the biological activity of numerous proteins. However,
when mislocalized or accumulated in excess, Zn2+ ions are toxic because of adventitious …

Metal-tolerance proteins (MTPs) are divalent cation transporters that have been shown to be
essential for metal homeostasis and tolerance in model plants and hyperaccumulators. Due …

The zinc hyperaccumulator plant Arabidopsis halleri is able to naturally accumulate 100‐fold
higher leaf zinc concentrations when compared with non‐accumulator species such as the …

Heavy metal homeostasis is maintained in plant cells by specialized transporters which
compartmentalize or efflux metal ions, maintaining cytosolic concentrations within a narrow …

Cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) proteins are a recently discovered family of cation efflux
transporters that might play an essential role in metal homeostasis and tolerance. Here, we …

The Arabidopsis thaliana metal tolerance protein 1 (MTP1) of the cation diffusion facilitator
family of membrane transport proteins can mediate the detoxification of Zn in Arabidopsis …

The integral membrane protein Thlaspi goesingense metal tolerance protein 1 (TgMTP1)
has been suggested to play an important role in Zn hyperaccumulation in T. goesingense …

Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants, playing catalytic or structural roles in
enzymes, transcription factors, ribosomes, and membranes. In humans, Zn deficiency is the …

The MTP1 protein of Arabidopsis thaliana belongs to a ubiquitous family of transition metal
transporters that extrude metal ions from the cytoplasm. In a recent publication, Yoshihiro …

Cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) proteins belong to a family of heavy metal efflux
transporters that might play an essential role in homeostasis and tolerance to metal ions. We …