Heavy metal poisoning

Because heavy metals can cause irreversible changes in the structure of proteins, the structural change function of proteins will be lost (enzymes in the body cannot catalyze chemical reactions, and carriers on the surface of cell membranes cannot transport nutrients, excrete metabolic waste, myosin and Actin cannot complete muscle contraction), so the cells in the body cannot obtain nutrition, eliminate waste, cannot produce energy, the cell structure collapses and the function is lost, and the human body cannot do it. Examples of heavy metal poisoning include: mercury poisoning, lead poisoning, and the like.

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