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SUBMITTER: Banci L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2643083 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Banci Lucia L Bertini Ivano I Cantini Francesca F Rosenzweig Amy C AC Yatsunyk Liliya A LA
Biochemistry 20080618 28
The Wilson disease protein or ATP7B is a P 1B-type ATPase involved in human copper homeostasis. The extended N-terminus of ATP7B protrudes into the cytosol and contains six Cu(I) binding domains. This report presents the NMR structure of the polypeptide consisting of soluble Cu(I) binding domains 3 and 4. The two domains exhibit ferredoxin-like folds, are linked by a flexible loop, and act independently of one another. Domains 3 and 4 tend to aggregate in a concentration-dependent manner involvi ...[more]