Divalent metal transporter-related protein restricts animals to marine habitats

Mieko Sassa et al. report a novel divalent metal transporter protein (DMTRP) in the crown-of-thorns starfish genome and determine that all organisms with a DMTRP gene are located in marine habitats. They also show in a functional yeast system that DMTRP can prevent uptake of certain metals, bringing...

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Main Authors: Mieko Sassa, Toshiyuki Takagi, Azusa Kinjo, Yuki Yoshioka, Yuna Zayasu, Chuya Shinzato, Shinji Kanda, Naoko Murakami-Sugihara, Kotaro Shirai, Koji Inoue
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2e5a5ba302904043955e524a6c50f2bc
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