Metal binding properties and structure of a type III metallothionein from the metal hyperaccumulator plant Noccaea caerulescens

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1824, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1016-1023

  Fernandez, Lucia Rubio ^a,b,c   Vandenbussche, Guy ^a   Roosens, Nancy ^a,d   Govaerts, Cédric ^a   Goormaghtigh, Erik ^a   Verbruggen, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; IR spectroscopy; Mass spectrometry; Metal binding; Metallothionein; Plant

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; DEUTERIUM; LEAD; METALLOTHIONEIN III; ZINC;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; NOCCAEA CAERULESCENS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRASSICACEAE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CYSTEINE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; NOCCAEA CAERULESCENS; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 84862599601     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: 18781454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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