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Sunflower metallothionein family characterisation. Study of the Zn(II)- and Cd(II)-binding abilities of the HaMT1 and HaMT2 isoforms.
Journal of inorganic biochemistry - 1 Jul 2015
Tomas M, Pagani M A, Andreo C S, Capdevila M, Atrian S, Bofill R
Abstract excerpt
Plant metallothioneins (MTs) constitute a family of small Cys-rich proteins capable of coordinating metal ions, significantly differing from microbial and animal MTs. They are divided into four subfamilies depending on the Cys pattern in their sequence. In this work, the MT system of the sunflowe...
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