Naturally-occurring heavy metal binding proteins in invertebrates
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 73-81
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02332039
Abstract
Low molecular weight cadmium, copper, and zinc binding protein has been isolated from the musselMytilus edulis in the cadmium polluted areas of Corio Bay adjacent to Melbourne. Its molecular weight and other properties suggest that it belongs to the metallothionein family of metal binding proteins. Its synthesis may have been induced in the cyctoplasmic solutions of the cells as a regulatory mechanism to avoid intoxication by excess uptake of any of the metals.Keywords
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