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The tonoplast copper transporter COPT5 acts as an exporter and is required for interorgan allocation of copper in Arabidopsis thaliana.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2011
Klaumann Sandra, Nickolaus Sebastian D, Fürst Sarah H, Starck Sabrina, Schneider Sabine, Ekkehard Neuhaus H, Trentmann Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Copper is an essential micronutrient for all organisms because it serves as a cofactor of several proteins involved in electron transfer. Elevated copper concentrations can cause toxic effects and organisms have established suitable mechanisms to regulate the uptake and internal distribution of copper to balance the content at an optimal concentration. In recent studies, a family of copper transporters (COPT)...
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