Article
Niemann-Pick C1 protein transports copper to the secretory compartment from late endosomes where ATP7B resides.
Experimental cell research - 15 Jan 2009
Yanagimoto Chikatoshi, Harada Masaru, Kumemura Hiroto, Koga Hironori, Kawaguchi Takumi, Terada Kunihiko, Hanada Shinichiro, Taniguchi Eitaro, Koizumi Yukio, Koyota Souichi, Ninomiya Haruaki, Ueno Takato, Sugiyama Toshihiro, Sata Michio
Abstract excerpt
Wilson disease is a genetic disorder characterized by the accumulation of copper in the body by defective biliary copper excretion. Wilson disease gene product (ATP7B) functions in copper incorporation to ceruloplasmin (Cp) and biliary copper excretion. However, copper metabolism in hepatocytes h...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
