Heavy metals are naturally occurring in the earth's crust but anthropogenic and industrial
activities have led to drastic environmental pollutions in distinct areas. Plants are able to …

Biology capitalizes on the specific chemistries of certain transition metal ions. In fact, life
depends on transition metal ions as essential trace elements. Biological redox processes …

More than 30 years have passed since the discovery of the first plant metallothionein in
wheat embryos, from which the emergence of a uniquely diverse metallothionein family with …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are small cysteine-rich proteins found in various eukaryotes. Plant
MTs are classified into four types based on the arrangement of cysteine residues. To …

Covering: 1999 to 2009 Metallothioneins have been the subject of intense study for five
decades, and have greatly inspired the development of bio-analytical methodologies …

Bacterial metallothioneins (MTs) have been known since the mid-1980s. The only family
known until recently was the BmtA family, exemplified by the zinc-and cadmium-binding …

Between 5 and 10% of all proteins of a given organism are estimated to require zinc for
function, and hence zinc is essential for almost any given metabolic process. It is therefore of …

There is mounting evidence that zinc, the second most abundant transition metal in blood, is
an important mediator of haemostasis and thrombosis. Prompted by the observation that …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are low molecular mass and cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins
known to be mainly involved in maintaining metal homeostasis and stress responses. But …

The metallothionein (MT) superfamily combines a large variety of small cysteine-rich
proteins from nearly all phyla of life that have the ability to coordinate various transition metal …