Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa contain heavy metal sequestering phytochelatin.

doi:10.1007/BF00248673

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa contain heavy metal sequestering phytochelatin.

Archives of microbiology - 1 Jan 1992

Kneer R, Kutchan T M, Hochberger A, Zenk M H

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In fungi, cellular resistance to heavy metal cytotoxicity is mediated either by binding of metal ions to proteins of the metallothionein type or by chelation to phytochelatin-peptides of the general formula (gamma-Glu-Cys)n-Gly. Hitherto, only one fungus, Candida glabrata has been shown to contai...

Topics

Cadmium
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Copper
Culture Media
Glutathione
Metalloproteins
Mutation
Neurospora crassa
Phytochelatins
Plant Proteins
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
Zinc

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