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Zinc transporter 8
Protein found in humans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zinc transporter 8 (ZNT8) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC30A8 gene.[5] ZNT8 is a zinc transporter related to insulin secretion in humans. In particular, ZNT8 is critical for the accumulation of zinc into beta cell secretory granules and the maintenance of stored insulin as tightly packaged hexamers. Certain alleles of the SLC30A8 gene may increase the risk for developing type 2 diabetes, but a loss-of-function mutation appears to greatly reduce the risk of diabetes.[6]
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