Cadmium binding studies to the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus metallothionein by electrospray mass spectrometry and circular dichroism spectroscopy

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 229-233

  Ngu, Thanh T ^a   Sturzenbaum, Stephen R ^b   Stillman, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cadmium; Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Earthworm Lumbricus rubellus; Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Metal coordination; Metalation; Metallothionein; Protein structure; UV absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EARTHWORM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOIL; STOICHIOMETRY; TITRIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CADMIUM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; METALLOTHIONEIN; OLIGOCHAETA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS;

EID: 33750340984     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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