Identification of ferritin as a major high molecular weight zinc-binding protein in the tropical rock oyster,Saccostrea cuccullata
Webb, J., Macey, D.J. and Talbot, V. (1985) Identification of ferritin as a major high molecular weight zinc-binding protein in the tropical rock oyster,Saccostrea cuccullata. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 14 (4). pp. 403-407.
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Abstract
The metal-binding proteins of the body mass of the tropical rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata from the iron-ore shipping terminals near Dampier, Western Australia, have been separated by gel chromatography and analyzed for Zn, Fe, and Cu. Appreciable amounts of Zn (40%) and Cu (25%) were eluted in association with a high molecular weight fraction (>60,000 daltons), the major component of which was identified as the heat stable Fe-binding protein, ferritin (approx. mol. wt. 550,000), which also contains 95% of the Fe detected. Ferritin thus accounts for significant amounts of protein-bound Zn in this species and most probably in other bivalves containing elevated tissue levels of Zn.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Murdoch Affiliation(s): | School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences School of Environmental and Life Sciences |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Copyright: | (c) Springer Verlag |
URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/1850 |
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