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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Metallomics. 2018 Nov 14;10(11):1595–1606. doi: 10.1039/c8mt00199e

Figure 4.

Figure 4.

Proposed schematic of copper interference in Zn distribution. Top: schematic of metallothionein-centered Zn distribution in healthy cells. Bottom: schematic of metallothionein-centered Zn distribution in Wilson Disease. Despite an increase in total Zn, proteins may encounter more Cu than Zn in MT.