Varied environmental compartments including soils are being contaminated by a myriad
toxic metal (loid) s (hereafter termed as “metal/s”) mainly through anthropogenic activities …

MTs are small cysteine-rich proteins that chelate metal ions such as Cu+ and Zn2+, and are
widely distributed in several life domains, in particular the eukaryotic one. They are present …

Each year ecotoxicological problems become increasingly complex and encompass
broader spatial and temporal scales. Our practical understanding must evolve accordingly to …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are ubiquitous cysteine‐rich proteins present in plants, animals,
fungi and cyanobacteria. In plants, MTs are suggested to be involved in metal tolerance or …

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 …

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 …

Metallothionein (MT) evolution is one of the most obscure yet fascinating aspects of the
study of these atypical metal-binding peptides. The different members of the extremely …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are a group of cysteine-rich, universal, low molecular weight proteins
distributed widely in almost all major taxonomic groups ranging from tiny microbes to highly …

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 …