Iron-copper interactions: some new revelations.
Iron and copper show an uncommon but largely unexplained interdependence, the basis for which is being clarified in hemoglobin-synthesizing cells, yeast, and photosynthetic microorganisms. The interactions of the two metals with membrane transport systems and genetic regulators are more apt to be cooperative than antagonistic.
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Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-2128.
D000818:Animals; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000378:metabolism; D003300:Copper / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000502:physiology*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010788:Photosynthesis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae
D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron; D002570:Ceruloplasmin