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. 2007 Feb 7;1:99–111.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Drawing of the mammalian MT-II protein showing the two metal-thiolate clusters (C-terminal α-domain and N-terminal β-domain) including the 20 cysteine residues and their sulphur atoms (S), which bind to divalent or monovalent cations (in this case Zn). The domains are linked by a short peptide containing amino acid residues 30–32 in mammalian MT-II LINK. In the β-domain, 3 divalent or 6 monovalent metal ions are coordinated, while in the α-domain 4 divalent or 6 monovalent cations can be bound.