CADMIUM-SULFIDE CRYSTALLITES IN CD-(GAMMA-EC)NG PEPTIDE COMPLEXES FROM TOMATO

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作者
REESE, RN
WHITE, CA
WINGE, DR
机构
[1] UNIV UTAH,MED CTR,DEPT MED,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84132
[2] UNIV UTAH,MED CTR,DEPT BIOCHEM,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84132
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10.1104/pp.98.1.225
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Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
摘要
Hydroponically grown tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum P. Mill. cv Golden Boy) exposed to 100 micromolar cadmium sulfate produced metal-(gamma-EC)(n)G peptide complexes containing acid-labile sulfur. The properties of the complexes resemble those of the cadmium-(gamma-EC)(n)G peptide complexes from Schlzosaccharomyces pombe and Candida glabrata known to contain a cadmium sulfide crystallite core. The crystallite is stabilized by a sheath of peptides of general structure (gamma-Glu-Cys)(n)-Gly. The cadmium-peptide complexes of tomato contained predominantly peptides of n3, n4, and n6. Spectroscopic analyses indicated that the tomato cadmium-sulfide-peptide complex contained CdS crystallite core particles smaller than 2.0 nanometers in diameter.
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