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Cadmium-binding proteins from a tunicate, Pyura stolonifera

W Liebrich1, A C Brown, D P Botes

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.

Summary

The tunicate Pyura stolonifera accumulates cadmium in its liver. Researchers isolated five heat-stable, cysteine-rich cadmium-binding proteins, similar to fish metallothionein but lacking N-terminal methionine acetylation.

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