Biomphalaria glabrata Metallothionein: Lacking Metal Specificity of the Protein and Missing Gene Upregulation Suggest Metal Sequestration by Exchange Instead of through Selective Binding

Biomphalaria glabrata Metallothionein: Lacking Metal Specificity of the Protein and Missing Gene Upregulation Suggest Metal Sequestration by Exchange Instead of through Selective Binding

The wild-type metallothionein (MT) of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata and a natural allelic mutant of it in which a lysine residue was replaced by an asparagine residue, were recombinantly expressed and analyzed for their metal-binding features with respect to Cd2+, Zn2+ and Cu+, applying...

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Main Authors: Michael Niederwanger, Sara Calatayud, Oliver Zerbe, Sílvia Atrian, Ricard Albalat, Mercè Capdevila, Òscar Palacios, Reinhard Dallinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
metallothionein
metal-binding
zinc
copper
cadmium
Biomphalaria glabrata
Gastropoda
Hygrophila
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/7/1457

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