Structure and evolution of the plant cation diffusion facilitator family of ion transporters
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- 24 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Evolutionary Biology
- Vol. 11 (1), 76
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-76
Abstract
Members of the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) family are integral membrane divalent cation transporters that transport metal ions out of the cytoplasm either into the extracellular space or into internal compartments such as the vacuole. The spectrum of cations known to be transported by proteins of the CDF family include Zn, Fe, Co, Cd, and Mn. Members of this family have been identified in prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and archaea, and in sequenced plant genomes. CDF families range in size from nine members in Selaginella moellendorffii to 19 members in Populus trichocarpa. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the CDF family has expanded within plants, but a definitive plant CDF family phylogeny has not been constructed.Keywords
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