Journal
NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 720-741Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b906685n
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- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Novartis Foundation
- Biological and Biotechnological Research Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council
- European Commission
- Wellcome Trus
- Royal Society
- BBSRC [BB/E025064/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E025064/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Metallothioneins have been the subject of intense study for five decades, and have greatly inspired the development of bio-analytical methodologies including multi-dimensional and multi-nuclear NMR. With further advancements in molecular biology, protein science, and instrumental techniques, recent years have seen a renaissance of research into metallothioneins. The current report focuses on in vitro studies of so-called class II metallothioneins from a variety of phyla, highlighting the diversity of metallothioneins in terms of structure, biological functions, and molecular functions such as metal ion specificity, thermodynamic stabilities, and kinetic reactivity. We are still far from being able to predict any of these properties, and further efforts will be required to generate the knowledge that will enable a better understanding of what governs the biological and chemical properties of these unusual and intriguing small proteins.
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