"Metallochaperones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of soluble metal binding proteins that are involved in the intracellular transport of specific metal ions and their transfer to the appropriate metalloprotein precursor.
| Descriptor ID |
D056511
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.580.612
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metallochaperones" by people in Profiles.
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Insight into the cation-p interaction at the metal binding site of the copper metallochaperone CusF. J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Dec 07; 133(48):19330-3.
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Conserved residues modulate copper release in human copper chaperone Atox1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Aug 12; 105(32):11158-63.