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His-tagged M. edulis MT expression construct

Usage and Biology

Metallothionein (MT) is a small protein (around 6-7 kDa) which is rich in cysteine. These thiol group in cysteines provide ability to chelate almost all heavy metal ions including Cd2+, Hg2+, Pb2+ and As3+, but had been shown that has higher binding affinity with Hg2+ (Manceau, A. et al., 2019). The ability of chelating heavy metals provides the metal tolerance for its hosts. This MT sequence was obtained from Mytilus edulis, a blue mussel which originally live in aqueous environment (MACKAY E. A. et al.,1993). This part is used to test the express M. edulis MT along with 6x-His tag for purification.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

10
COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
12
INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
Illegal NheI site found at 11
Illegal NheI site found at 34
21
COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
23
COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
25
COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
1000
COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

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 ==Usage and Biology==
-This part express  M. edulis MT along with 6x-His tag for purification.
+Metallothionein (MT) is a small protein (around 6-7 kDa) which is rich in cysteine. These thiol group in cysteines provide ability to chelate almost all heavy metal ions including Cd2+, Hg2+, Pb2+ and As3+, but had been shown that has higher binding affinity with Hg2+ (Manceau, A. et al., 2019). The ability of chelating heavy metals provides the metal tolerance for its hosts. This MT sequence was obtained from Mytilus edulis, a blue mussel which originally live in aqueous environment (MACKAY E. A. et al.,1993). This part is used to test the express  M. edulis MT along with 6x-His tag for purification.
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