Protein engineering of metallothionein to study the metal-binding ability

  • Masaaki Kurasaki
  • Futoshi Yamasaki
  • Rie Yamaguchi
  • Ana Rosa Linde Arias
  • Masashi Okabe
  • Tadasu Emoto
  • Fumitomo Odawara
  • Mika Suzuki-Kurasaki
  • Shigeru Saito
  • Yutaka Kojima
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Abstract

It is well known that metals play an important role in post-transcriptional modifications of proteins stabilizing their structure and physiological activity [1]. The mechanism by which biosynthesized proteins interact with metals and originate such cluster structures like metallothionein (MT) remain unclear.

Keywords

Invariant Position Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Cadmium Resistance Sonic Extract Nonpolar Amino Acid Residue 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Masaaki Kurasaki
    • 1
  • Futoshi Yamasaki
    • 1
  • Rie Yamaguchi
    • 1
  • Ana Rosa Linde Arias
    • 2
  • Masashi Okabe
    • 1
  • Tadasu Emoto
    • 1
  • Fumitomo Odawara
    • 1
  • Mika Suzuki-Kurasaki
    • 1
  • Shigeru Saito
    • 1
  • Yutaka Kojima
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Environmental Medicine and Informatics, Graduate School of Environmental Earth ScienceHokkaido UniversitySapporoJapan
  2. 2.Department of Biological Function, Faculty of MedicineOvied UniversityOviedoSpain

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