Zinc biochemistry: from a single zinc enzyme to a key element of life.
By W. Maret. Advances in Nutrition, 2013
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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Hematology, Nutrition and Dietetics
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Citations in the corpus
- Zinc and Oxidative Stress: Current Mechanisms (2017, background): “These adverse effects include decreased expression of copper-dependent enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase and ceruloplasmin, which are important in antioxidant defense [44,45].”
- A computational study of the structure and function of human Zrt and Irt-like proteins metal transporters: An elevator-type transport mechanism predicted by AlphaFold2 (2022, background): “These trace elements are involved in a plethora of biological functions including oxygen transfer, enzyme catalysis, protein structural organization, and cellular regulation (Maret, 2013).”
- Zinc Homeostasis and isotopic fractionation in plants: a review (2017, positive): “Zinc is furthermore involved in the regulation of DNA transcription, and the transduction of intra-and intercellular signalling (Broadley et al. 2007; Maret 2013).”
- The Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Roles of Zinc Transporters in Zinc Homeostasis and Metabolism. (2015, background): “Intermolecular zinc-binding sites consisting of an interface between two or more proteins are generally difficult to identify (7, 265), although a number of important examples have been found (165, 361).”
- Zinc biofortification in rice: leveraging agriculture to moderate hidden hunger in developing countries (2018, background): “…part of important enzymes such as carbonic anhydrase, alcohol dehydrogenase, Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase and RNA polymerase as well as acts as a cofactor for all 6 categories of enzymes (hydrolases, isomeras, ligases, lyases, oxidoreductases and transferases) (Broadley et al. 2007; Maret 2013).”
- Zinc Oxide and Silicone Nanoparticles to Improve the Resistance Mechanism and Annual Productivity of Salt-Stressed Mango Trees (2020, background): “Maret [101] reported that zinc induces copper deficiency, and activates copper-dependent enzymes, such as SOD.”
- Cryo-EM structures of human ZnT8 in both outward- and inward-facing conformations (2020, background): “Introduction Zn, as a structural and catalytic cofactor, plays crucial roles in regulating protein functions, and thereby is essential for many cellular processes, including cell development and immunological functions (Maret, 2013).”