title: Reconstitution of neurocupreins by Cu-thioneins.
abstract: Cu-thioneins isolated from liver and brains are able to transfer their copper atoms to apoforms of neurocuprein 1 and 2. At the same time, the apoform of Cu-thionein is unable to accept copper from holoforms of both neurocupreins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan.
authors.forename: V Z
authors.initials: VZ
authors.lastname: Melkonyan
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Mikaelyan
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nalbandyan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D008667:Metalloproteins; C007121:copper thionein; C018612:neurocuprein; D003300:Copper; D008668:Metallothionein