Part:BBa_K4390010

Mytilus galloprovincialis Metallothionein

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. For its ability to binding heavy metal strongly, this part can be used to build structure which can capture heavy metal ions in aqueous environment. This MT sequence was obtained from Mytilus galloprovincialis, as an isoform which contains higher cysteine frequency with 23 in 72 amino acids (Vergani, L. et al., 2007) and designed as a C part for JUMP assembly (Valenzuela-Ortega M and French C., 2021).

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]