- Source: CorA metal ion transporter
The CorA transport system is the primary Mg2+ influx system of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli. CorA is ubiquitous in the Bacteria and Archaea. There are also eukaryotic members of the family localized to the mitochondrial membrane such as MRS2 and Lpe10 in yeast.
Subfamilies
Magnesium and cobalt transport protein CorA InterPro: IPR004488
Human proteins containing this domain
MRS2L;
References
Further reading
Kehres DG, Lawyer CH, Maguire ME (1998). "The CorA magnesium transporter gene family". Microb. Comp. Genom. 3 (3): 151–69. doi:10.1089/omi.1.1998.3.151. PMID 9775386.
Smith RL, Szegedy MA, Kucharski LM, et al. (October 1998). "The CorA Mg2+ transport protein of Salmonella typhimurium. Mutagenesis of conserved residues in the third membrane domain identifies a Mg2+ pore". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (44): 28663–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.44.28663. PMID 9786860.
Wiesenberger G, Waldherr M, Schweyen RJ (April 1992). "The nuclear gene MRS2 is essential for the excision of group II introns from yeast mitochondrial transcripts in vivo". J. Biol. Chem. 267 (10): 6963–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)50522-1. PMID 1551905.