Deficiencies in passive ion-transport proteins give rise to a range of diseases, including anaemias, cystic fibrosis and cardiac arrhythmias. A recent paper in Science has demonstrated that a small-molecule natural product, hinokitiol, transports iron across cell membranes and restores iron handling in several animal

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运输者：天然产物为铁提供替代运输

被动离子转运蛋白的缺乏会引起一系列疾病，包括贫血，囊性纤维化和心律不齐。《科学》杂志最近的一篇论文证明，小分子天然产物扁柏酚可将铁转运到细胞膜上，并恢复几种动物的铁处理能力。