| Literature DB >> 10637610 |
M D Harrison1, C E Jones, M Solioz, C T Dameron.
Abstract
Copper is required by all living systems. Cells have a variety of mechanisms to deal with this essential, yet toxic trace element. A recently discovered facet of homeostatic mechanisms is the protein-mediated, intracellular delivery of copper to target proteins. This routing is accomplished by a novel class of proteins, the 'copper chaperones'. They are a family of conserved proteins present in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, which suggests that copper chaperones are used throughout nature for intracellular copper routing.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10637610 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(99)01492-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN: 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807