Metallothionein in Brain Disorders

Figure 1

Schematic representation of the MT structure. The metal-thiolate complexes (with C-terminal domain of the α- and N-terminal chain in the β chain); the green ovals represent the 20 cysteine residues bound to the sulfur compound (S) which binds divalent to zinc, three bonds to zinc of the β chain and four to the α chain by adding seven divalent bonds.