Algae and humans share a molybdate transporter.

ABSTRACT: Almost all living organisms need to obtain molybdenum from the external medium to achieve essential processes for life. Activity of important enzymes such as sulfite oxidase, aldehyde oxidase, xanthine dehydrogenase, and nitrate reductase is strictly dependent on the presence of Mo in its active site. Cells take up Mo in the form of the oxianion molybdate, but the molecular nature of the transporters is still not well known in eukaryotes. MOT1 is the first molybdate transporter identified in plant-type eukaryotic organisms, but it is absent in animal genomes. Here we report a molybdate transporter different from the MOT1 family, encoded by the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii gene MoT2, that is also present in animals including humans. The knockdown of CrMoT2 transcription leads to the deficiency

SUBMITTER: Tejada-Jimenez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3080982 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature