Figure 4. Metallothionein scavenging of reactive oxygen species. Presence of redox metals, such as Cu and Fe, in a cell can produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) ...
There is no question that metallothioneins (MTs) have unique biochemical properties, but genetic experiments have not substantiated the importance of MTs under ...
20/05/2011 · The Metallothionein (MT) is a protein which has several interesting biological effects and has been demonstrated increase focus on the role ...
15/10/2021 · Mammalian metallothioneins provide a highly dynamic, regulated, and uniquely biological metal buffer to control the availability, fluctuations, and signaling ...
Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins. These proteins play a pivotal role in heavy metal homeostasis and have been widely studied by ...
Figure 1. Metallothioneins have four main functions in aquatic vertebrate. They are respectively bioaccumulation of toxic metals and detoxification, homeostatic ...
Metallothioneins are cysteine-rich proteins that bind Zn(II) and other d10 metal ions, including Cd(II), Cu(I), Ag(I), Au(I), Hg(II), Pt(II), and Bi(III).
Total Citations43 ... Metallothionein (MT) was discovered 40 years ago (1). By all accounts it is a most unusual and unconventional protein (2–6). One-third of ...
REFERENCES ... ). Antisense down-regulation of metallothionein induces growth arrest and apoptosis in human breast carcinoma cells. Cancer Gene Ther. ... –207. ... ).
Metallothioneins (MTs) are low molecular weight, cysteine-rich, metal-binding proteins whose precise biological roles have not been fully characterized.