Another pandemic post. Covid-19 and HiN5 make breathing difficult. The copper rich locus ceruleus in our brains controls ventilation and is influenced by cytokines seen in infections.
Category Archives: copper biochemistry
Copper Chaperones
Starting from Ctr1 Let us continue the journey from Ctr1 to some intracellular copper chaperones. The cyoplasmic loops might have their own gating functions, as suggested by Ren (2019), see Ctr1 post Just looking at the sequences, there are a lot of arginines (R) and lysines (K) Fig 1C). Both of these are positively chargedContinue reading “Copper Chaperones”
Ctr1
This is a colorful lay friendly post on how the Ctr1 channels selects for Proper Copper over “toxic copper” and other cations.
Ceruloplasmin
This post describes how ceruloplasmin acquires and transports copper. It also looks at the factors that regulate its expression in the first place.
Copper Eye Health
Gastric bypass patients may be particularly prone to copper deficiency, vision problems, and even blindness. This post describes where proper copper is absorbed in our gastrointestinal tracts.
minerals and bone health
This was a Charlie Barker requested project to integrate the “mineral wheel”” that he loved and bone health, of interest to Mitosynergy customers.
Niacin benefits infections
This post is lay friendly with some comments on G protein coupled receptors in the same super family as cannabis receptors.
safe copper for seniors
This post examines the biochemistry of how copper is absorbed. Does it interfere with Zn absorption? We touch on the Proper Copper hypothesis and Alzheimer’s Disease
Blood Flow in Muscles
This post describes the biochemistry of how copper might improve blood flow to our muscles.