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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1986-5-9
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The small copper fraction in animal blood that is bound to albumin protein is generally considered to have a transport role for the metal. However, several studies have concluded that copper ion incorporation into copper-enzymes requires caeruloplasmin to act as the transport form. The kinetic rates of Cu(albumin) reactions are also not in keeping with a general transport function. Only in the portal bloodstream does the Cu(albumin) appear to have a well-established transport role, i.e. in delivering the metal ions from the intestine to the liver. Thereafter the evidence as to its function is less certain; it could act as a storage form of the metal or have no role at all. Similar considerations apply to other metal-albumin fractions e.g. those of zinc and nickel.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Mar
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| pubmed:issn |
0006-291X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
28
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| pubmed:volume |
135
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1064-8
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2003-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1986
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Copper-albumin: what is its functional role?
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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