Divalent metal transporter-related protein restricts animals to marine habitats

Mieko Sassa; Toshiyuki Takagi; Azusa Kinjo; Yuki Yoshioka; Yuna Zayasu; Chuya Shinzato; Shinji Kanda; Naoko Murakami-Sugihara; Kotaro Shirai; Koji Inoue

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01984-8

Communications Biology (Apr 2021)

Divalent metal transporter-related protein restricts animals to marine habitats

Mieko Sassa,
Toshiyuki Takagi,
Azusa Kinjo,
Yuki Yoshioka,
Yuna Zayasu,
Chuya Shinzato,
Shinji Kanda,
Naoko Murakami-Sugihara,
Kotaro Shirai,
Koji Inoue

Affiliations

Mieko Sassa: Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Toshiyuki Takagi: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Azusa Kinjo: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Yuki Yoshioka: Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Yuna Zayasu: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Chuya Shinzato: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Shinji Kanda: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Naoko Murakami-Sugihara: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Kotaro Shirai: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Koji Inoue: Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01984-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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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 insight into the evolution of metal regulation for marine organisms.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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