The role of glutathione biosynthesis in heavy metal resistance in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.1994.tb00103.x

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The role of glutathione biosynthesis in heavy metal resistance in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

FEMS microbiology reviews - 1 Aug 1994

Coblenz A, Wolf K

Abstract excerpt

Plants and the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe synthesize small cadmium-binding peptides, called phytochelatins, in response to cadmium. Derived from glutathione (GSH: gamma-Glu-Cys-Gly), they have the general structure (gamma-Glu-Cys)nGly, where n is 2-11. In order to study the biosynthe...

Topics

Cadmium
Copper
Drug Resistance
Glutathione
Metalloproteins
Mutation
Phytochelatins
Plant Proteins
Schizosaccharomyces
Transformation, Genetic

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