Brassica juncea Produces a Phytochelatin-Cadmium-Sulfide Complex
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 99 (3) , 817-821
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.99.3.817
Abstract
Phytochelatins (PCs) are enzymically synthesized peptides produced in higher plants and some fungi upon exposure to heavy metals. We have examined PC production in the Se-tolerant wild mustard Brassica juncea and found that it produces two types of PC-Cd complexes with the same characteristics as those from fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, including a high molecular weight PC-Cd-sulfide form.Keywords
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