Article
Diversity and distribution of plant metallothioneins: a review of structure, properties and functions.
Metallomics : integrated biometal science - 1 Sept 2013
Leszczyszyn Oksana I, Imam Hasan T, Blindauer Claudia A
Abstract excerpt
More than 30 years have passed since the discovery of the first plant metallothionein in wheat embryos, from which the emergence of a uniquely diverse metallothionein family with a fascinating array of structural nuances and molecular properties has been witnessed. Metallothioneins are not only constitutively expressed, but the production of different types of plant metallothionein is also stimulated by a myriad...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Genetic Variation
- Metallothionein
- Metals
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plant Proteins
- Plants
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid