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Phytochelatins are
oligomers of glutathione,
produced by the
enzyme phytochelatin synthase. They are
found in plants, fungi,
nematodes and all groups...
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system that
reduces poisonous hydrogen peroxide. It is the
precursor of
phytochelatins,
glutathione oligomers that
chelate heavy metals such as cadmium. Glutathione...
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transcription and
translation of
phytochelatin,
which are
proteins that can bind and
transport cadmium. Once
bound by
phytochelatin,
cadmium is no
longer toxic...
- histidine,
organic diacids such as malate, and
polypeptides such as
phytochelatin are also
typical chelators. In
addition to
these adventitious chelators...
- can
cause stress damage. Putrescine, a kind of polyamine,
decreaseS phytochelatin synthesis at
enzymatic and gene
expression levels by
increasing cadmium...
- (H+) pumps, ATP-binding c****ette (ABC) transporters, and the
enzyme phytochelatin (PC) synthase. His
early work on
plant vacuolar H+-pumping
ATPases resulted...
- by a
biochemical called a
phytochelatin—an
oligopeptide whose production is
induced after exposure to metal.
Phytochelatins are
chelating agents, capable...
- the MTs with no
homology with
horse MT, and
class III,
which includes phytochelatins, Cys-rich
enzymatically synthesised peptides. The
second classification...
- 4-glutamylcysteinyltransferase.
Other names in
common use
include phytochelatin synthase, and gamma-glutamylcysteine
dipeptidyl transpeptidase. As of...
- Some of
these mechanisms include sequestration of lead in the vacuole,
phytochelatin synthesis, and
binding to
glutathione and
amino acids. The
article also...
