Copper: Wilson’s Disease Protein or Hemocyanin

Image result for wilson's disease protein modelWilson’s disease is a rare disorder in which too much copper accumulates in your liver, brain or organs in general. The liver is not able to filter out copper properly. I would focus Wilson copper ATPase, also known as the Wilson’s Disease Protein. My medium would be copper wire, and I am thinking of making either a human figure or using wire on a canvas.

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I am leaning towards this one slightly. Hemocyanin is a protein that transports oxygen throughout the bodies of some invertebrate animals. These metalloproteins contain two copper atoms that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule (O2). If I chose the molecule Hemocyanin, I could also use copper wire and contrast a metal model of a snail.

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