| Literature DB >> 12196176 |
A T McKie1, G O Latunde-Dada, S Miret, J A McGregor, G J Anderson, C D Vulpe, J M Wrigglesworth, R J Simpson.
Abstract
Duodenal cytochrome b (Dcytb) is a haem protein similar to the cytochrome b561 protein family. Dcytb is highly expressed in duodenal brush-border membrane and is implicated in dietary iron absorption by reducing dietary ferric iron to the ferrous form for transport via Nramp2/DCT1 (divalent-cation transporter 1)/DMT1 (divalent metal-transporter 1). The protein is expressed in other tissues and may account for ferric reductase activity at other sites in the body.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12196176 DOI: 10.1042/bst0300722
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Soc Trans ISSN: 0300-5127 Impact factor: 5.407