Metal exchange in metallothioneins - A novel structurally significant Cd5 species in the alpha domain of human metallothionein 1a

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2227-2239

  Rigby Duncan, Kelly E ^a   Kirby, Christopher W ^a   Stillman, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

113Cd NMR spectroscopy; Circular dichroism spectroscopy; ESI mass spectrometry; Metal exchange; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; METALLOTHIONEIN 1A; METALLOTHIONEIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CADMIUM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 42449083707     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06375.x     Document Type: Article

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