When is a heme transporter not a heme transporter? When it's a folate transporter.
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Abstract
Essential nutrients enter the body through a variety of specific transporter molecules expressed in the intestinal epithelium. A recent paper by elegantly demonstrates that one of these transporters, previously thought to carry heme, is in fact an important folate transporter.
Medical subject headings
- Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte
- Heme
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Tetrahydrofolates