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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Metallomics. 2011 Jan 24;3(2):140–151. doi: 10.1039/c0mt00061b

Table 1.

Examples of members of different types of copper proteins

Examples (Source)
Type 1 copper proteins Amicyanin (bacteria)
Azruin (bacteria)
Plastocyanin (plants, algae)
Pseudoazurin (bacteria)
Stellacyanin (plants)
Rusticyanin (bacteria)
Type 2 copper proteins Galactose oxidase (fungi)
Cu-Zn Superoxide dismutase (yeast, mammals)
Type 3 copper proteins Hemocyanin (arthropods, mollusks)
Tyrosinase (fungi, mammals)
Multicopper oxidases Ceruloplasmin (mammals)
Laccase (fungi, plants, insects)
Ascorbate oxidase (plants)