Metalloprotein

A metalloprotein is a protein with a metal ion cofactor. Many proteins are members of this category, so the number of them is large.

It is estimated that about half of all proteins contain a metal. In another estimate, about one-quarter to one-third of all proteins need metals to carry out their functions. Thus, metalloproteins have many different functions in cells, such as enzymes, transport and storage proteins, and signal transduction proteins.

References

↑ Shriver, D.F; Atkins P.W. (1999). "Chapter 19, Bioinorganic chemistry". Inorganic chemistry (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850330-X.
↑ Thomson A.J. & Gray H.B. 1998. "Bio-inorganic chemistry". Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 2, 155-158. doi:10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80056-2
↑ Waldron K.J. & Robinson N.J (2009). "How do bacterial cells ensure that metalloproteins get the correct metal?". Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 7 (1): 25–35. doi:10.1038/nrmicro2057. PMID 19079350. S2CID 7253420.

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[AS-1] Shriver, D.F; Atkins P.W. (1999). "Chapter 19, Bioinorganic chemistry". Inorganic chemistry (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850330-X.

[2] Thomson A.J. & Gray H.B. 1998. "Bio-inorganic chemistry". Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 2, 155-158. doi:10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80056-2

[3] Waldron K.J. & Robinson N.J (2009). "How do bacterial cells ensure that metalloproteins get the correct metal?". Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 7 (1): 25–35. doi:10.1038/nrmicro2057. PMID 19079350. S2CID 7253420.