Melkonyan V Z, Mikaelyan M V, Nalbandyan R M
Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan.
Neurochem Res. 1989 Jun;14(6):589-91. doi: 10.1007/BF00964923.
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.