Structural and functional studies of vertebrate metallothioneins: Cross-talk between domains in the absence of physical contact

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-103

  Capasso, Clemente ^a   Carginale, Vincenzo ^a   Crescenzi, Orlando ^b   Di Maro, Daniela ^c   Spadaccini, Roberta ^b   Temussi, Piero Andrea ^b,d,e   Parisi, Elio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c PSCRL Piccola Società Cooperativa a Responsabilità Limitata   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Metal mobility; Metallothionein; NMR; Thiol reactivity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM (CD); METAL MOBILITY; METALLOTHIONEIN; THIOL REACTIVITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; THIOL GROUP; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CADMIUM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; FISHES; GLUTATHIONE; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; ZINC;

MAMMALIA; NOTOTHENIA CORIICEPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26844568682     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050335     Document Type: Article

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