It gives the proteins azurin and plastocyanin their blue color, and it is found at the center of cytochrome c oxidase and, along with zinc, superoxide dismutase.
Wilson's disease causes an inability of the liver to secrete this element into bile, and patients are identified through accumulation of it around the iris. It gives the proteins azurin and plastocyanin their blue color, and it is found at the center of cytochrome c oxidase and, along with zinc, superoxide dismutase. Transported to the liver bound to albumin, it can inhibit blood cell formation at toxic levels, and it plays a key role in the protein erythrocuprein. For 10 points, name this element, number 29 on the periodic table, abbreviated Cu.
Wilson's disease causes an inability of the liver to secrete this element into bile, and patients are identified through accumulation of it around the iris.
{Copper} or {Cuprum}