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Metallothioneins sequester cadmium and surplus atoms of copper and zinc to prevent aberrant metal-catalyzed reactions. The identification of a 'cryptic' copper metallothionein in the bacterium that causes tuberculosis suggests that bacterial metallothioneins may be more widespread than previously suspected. © 2008 Nature Publishing Group.
Author(s): Robinson NJ
Publication type: Note
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nature Chemical Biology
Year: 2008
Volume: 4
Issue: 10
Pages: 582-583
ISSN (print): 1552-4450
ISSN (electronic): 1552-4469
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchembio1008-582
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio1008-582
