Phytochelatin
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phytochelatin-294-16351538
title:
Phytochelatin
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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 of algae including cyanobacteria. Phytochelatins act as chelators, and are important for heavy metal detoxification. They are abbreviated PC2 through PC11. A mutant Arabidopsis thaliana lacking phytochelatin synthase is very sensitive to cadmium, but it grows just as well as the wild-type plant at normal concentrations of zinc and copper, two essen
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description:
Poly-glutathione peptides composed of (Glu-Cys)n-Gly where n is two to seven
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytochelatin
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2024-04-05T04:18:02Z
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