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Characterization of the Menkes protein copper-binding domains and their role in copper-induced protein relocalization.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Aug 1999
Goodyer I D, Jones E E, Monaco A P, Francis M J
Abstract excerpt
Menkes disease is a fatal X-linked disorder of copper metabolism. The gene defective in Menkes disease (ATP7A) encodes a copper transporting P-type ATPase (MNK or ATP7A) with six copper-binding domains at its N-terminus. MNK is normally localized to the trans -Golgi network in cultured cells, but relocates to the plasma membrane in the presence of elevated extracellular copper. In this study, the role of the six...
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