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Brassica juncea Produces a Phytochelatin-Cadmium-Sulfide Complex.

Plant physiology ·Vol. 99 ·No. 3 ·1992-07-00 ·Pages 817-21

Speiser DM, Abrahamson SL, Banuelos G, Ow DW

Abstract

Phytochelatins (PCs) are enzymically synthesized peptides produced in higher plants and some fungi upon exposure to heavy metals. We have examined PC production in the Se-tolerant wild mustard Brassica juncea and found that it produces two types of PC-Cd complexes with the same characteristics as those from fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, including a high molecular weight PC-Cd-sulfide form.

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Speiser D M
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Plant Gene Expression Center, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, California 94710.
Abrahamson S L
Banuelos G
Ow D W
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Article Info
Journal
Plant physiology
Abbr.
Plant Physiol
ISSN
0032-0889
DOI
10.1104/pp.99.3.817
Published
1992-07-00
Pages
817-21
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0401224
PMCID
PMC1080550
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1104/pp.99.3.817 PMC Full Text View journal details
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