Table 1.
Inventory of possible and absent zinc transport systems in C. metallidurans strain CH34
Name | Rmet no.a | Transporter familyb | Possible functionc | Reference(s) |
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Uptake systems | ||||
CorA1 | Rmet_3052 | MIT, TC 1.A.35 | Importer for divalent metal cations; Mg2+ regulation | |
CorA2 | Rmet_0036 | MIT, TC 1.A.35 | Importer for divalent metal cations; no Mg2+ regulation | |
CorA3 | Rmet_3287 | MIT, TC 1.A.35 | Importer for divalent metal cations; no Mg2+ regulation | |
ZupT | Rmet_2621 | ZIP, TC 2.A.5 | Uptake of Zn2+ and other cations under conditions of low zinc concentrations | |
HoxN | Rmet_1533 | NiCoT, TC 2.A.52 | Ni2+, Co2+, synthesis of hydrogenases. | |
PitA | Rmet_1973 | PiT, TC 2.A.20 | Phosphate-metal cation complexes: Zn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cd2+ | |
MgtE | Absent | MgtE, TC 9.A.19 | Possible substrates Mg2+, Co2+ | |
MntH | Absent | NRAMP, TC 2.A.55 | Possible substrates Mn2+, Fe2+, Cd2+, Co2+, Ni2+ | |
ZnuABC | Absent | ABC, TC 3.A.1 | High-affinity uptake of zinc under conditions of zinc starvation | |
MgtA | ? | P type, TC 3.A.3 | Primary uptake system for Mg2+ and other divalent cations | |
Efflux systems | ||||
CzcA | Rmet_5980 | RND, TC 2.A.6 | Together with CzcB and CzcC, outer membrane efflux of Zn2+; other substrates Cd2+ and Co2+ | 10, 39, 51 |
CzcP | Rmet_5970d | P-type, TC#3.A.3 | High Vmax efflux of loosely bound Zn2+; other substrates Cd2+ and Co2+ | 51 |
ZntA | Rmet_4594 | P type, TC 3.A.3 | Efflux of tightly bound Zn2+; other substrate Cd2+ | 24, 51 |
PbrA | Rmet_5947 | P type, TC 3.A.3 | Efflux of tightly bound Pb2+; may use Zn2+ and Cd2+ as substrates | 7, 51 |
CadA | Rmet_2303d | P type, TC 3.A.3 | Efflux of tightly bound Cd2+; may use Zn2+ as substrate | 24, 51 |
CzcD | Rmet_5979 | CDF, TC 2.A.4 | Efflux of loosely bound Zn2+, other substrates Cd2+ and Co2+ (2, 3, 36, 51) | |
DmeF | Rmet_0198 | CDF, TC 2.A.4 | Efflux of Co2+; Zn2+ not substrate in vivo | 32, 51 |
FieF | Rmet_3406 | CDF, TC#2.A.4 | Efflux of Fe2+; Zn2+ not substrate in vivo | 32, 51 |
Unclear | ||||
ZntB | Rmet_0549 | MIT, TC 1.A.35 | Efflux or uptake of Zn2+? |