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SUBMITTER: Tian S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657493 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tian Shiliang S Jones Stephen M SM Jose Anex A Solomon Edward I EI
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20190627 27
Unraveling the mechanism of ceruloplasmin (Cp) is fundamentally important toward understanding the pathogenesis of metal-mediated diseases and metal neurotoxicity. Here we report that Cl<sup>-</sup>, the most abundant anion in blood plasma, is a key component of Cp catalysis. Based on detailed spectroscopic analyses, Cl<sup>-</sup> preferentially interacts with the partially reduced trinuclear Cu cluster (TNC) in Cp under physiological conditions and shifts the electron equilibrium distribution ...[more]