A magnesium transporter from Escherichia coli depends strongly on the lipid cardiolipin and acts both as a sensor and a transporter of magnesium.

Mice deficient in the TRPM6 channel suffer from impaired prenatal development, shortened lifespan, growth deficit and disturbed energy balance due to a defect in epithelial Mg²⁺ uptake, thus highlighting a pivotal role of TRPM6 in organismal Mg²⁺ homeostasis.

The structural and functional characterization of EleNRMT defines the basis for the distinct ion selectivity of a clade of the SLC11/NRAMP family which, instead of transporting transition metal ions, have evolved as uncoupled transporters of Mg²⁺.

Regulated neuronal magnesium efflux is a critical element of normal and magnesium-enhanced memory.

The Mg²⁺-channel CorA explores a wide conformational landscape of non-conducting states irrespective of bound Mg²⁺, but only in abscence of Mg²⁺, conducting states become accessible due to increased backbone dynamics.

ADP-ribosylation factor-like GTPase 15, an atypical small GTPase, binds to cystathionine-β-synthase-pair domain divalent metal cation transport mediator (CNNM) membrane proteins to inhibit divalent cation efflux by CNNM proteins and influx by transient receptor potential ion channel subfamily M member 7.

High-resolution proteomics in conjunction with biochemical and electrophysiological experiments revealed that the channel-kinase TRPM7 in rodent brain forms macromolecular complexes containing the metal transporters CNNM1-4 and a small G-protein ARL15.

The structure of an NRAMP-related Al³⁺ transporter illustrates the evolution of a branch of a conserved protein family of metal ion transporters in plants to combat Al³⁺ toxicity in acidic soil.

Enhanced levels of dietary magnesium improve long-term memory in fruit flies.

It is technically difficult to identify transport proteins, but here a method is presented that exploits the principle that they are stabilized in detergent solution when they bind their substrate.