Copper is a requisite cofactor in myriad cellular enzymes and is shuttled to different cellular sites for the assembly of copper-containing enzymes by Cu(I)-binding metallochaperones. NMR structural studies now reveal a key step in copper ion trafficking to sites of use.
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Cobine, P., Winge, D. Visualizing tricoordinate copper transfer. Nat Chem Biol 2, 352–353 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0706-352
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