Albumin as a zinc carrier: Properties of its high-affinity zinc-binding site

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1317-1321

  Lu, Jin ^a   Stewart, Alan J ^b   Sadler, Peter J ^a   Pinheiro, Teresa J T ^c   Blindauer, Claudia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albumin; Fatty acid; Metal specificity; Serum; Zinc trafficking

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; METAL ION; SERUM ALBUMIN; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ALBUMINOID; CARRIER PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; METAL BINDING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

VERTEBRATA;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ZINC;

EID: 59149099932     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0361317     Document Type: Article

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