A metallothionein and CPx-ATPase handle heavy-metal tolerance in the filamentous cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis

Tong Liu; Susumu Nakashima; Kazunobu Hirose; Yoshiko Uemura; Mineo Shibasaka; Maki Katsuhara; Kunihiro Kasamo

doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00370-3

A metallothionein and CPx-ATPase handle heavy-metal tolerance in the filamentous cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis

Tong Liu, Susumu Nakashima, Kazunobu Hirose, Yoshiko Uemura, Mineo Shibasaka, Maki Katsuhara, Kunihiro Kasamo

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Abstract

A metallothionein (BmtA) and a CPx-ATPase (Bxa1) have been identified and characterized from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. Both bmtA and bxa1 expression can be markedly induced in vivo by Zn²⁺ or Cd²⁺. Over-expression of bmtA or bxa1 in Escherichia coli enhances Zn²⁺ and Cd²⁺ tolerance in the transformant. Dynamic studies on the expression of two genes showed that the maximum expression of bxa1 induced by Zn²⁺ and Cd²⁺ was much quicker than that of bmtA, suggesting distinct physiological roles of metallothionein and CPx-ATPase in the handling of surplus metal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-163
Number of pages	5
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	542
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00370-3
Publication status	Published - May 8 2003

Keywords

CPx-ATPase
Cyanobacterium
Heavy metal tolerance
Metallothionein

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Biophysics
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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