ZnT8 Protein (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

ZnT8 Protein

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An illustration of the high-risk (left) and low-risk (right) versions of the ZnT8 protein transporting zinc ions (purple spheres) across a cell membrane, where it binds with insulin (green and yellow). The letters show the difference in the DNA code that produces the variation in proteins.

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Chengfeng Merriman and Dax Fu/Johns Hopkins Medicine

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