Metallothionein

From Purdue Genomics Database Facility

10 April 2008

Metallothioneins in Selaginella

Two metallothioneins have been identified in Selaginella by BLASTing for homology to metallothioneins in other plants. The first sequences to be used to find metallothioneins were in Arabidopsis.

Metallothioneins in Arabidopsis

>MT1a AT1G07600.1 [Arabidopsis]

MADSNCGCGSSCKCGDSCSCEKNYNKECDNCSCGSNCSCGSNCNC

>MT2a AT3G09390.1 [Arabidopsis]

MSCCGGNCGCGSGCKCGNGCGGCKMYPDLGFSGETTTTETFVLGVAPAMKNQYEASGESNNAENDACKCGSDCKCDPCTCK

>MT2b AT5G02380.1 [Arabidopsis]

MSCCGGSCGCGSACKCGNGCGGCKRYPDLENTATETLVLGVAPAMNSQYEASGETFVAENDACKCGSDCKCNPCTCK

>MT3 AT3G15353.1 [Arabidopsis]

MSSNCGSCDCADKTQCVKKGTSYTFDIVETQESYKEAMIMDVGAEENNANCKCKCGSSCSCVNCTCCPN

>MT4 AT2G42000.1 [Arabidopsis]

MVHSTYHVSFCTAQCLYISECGRGTLRLKTKMADTGKGSSVAGCNDSCGCPSPCPGGNSCRCRMREASAGDQGHMVCPCGEHCGCNPCNCPKTQTQTSAKGCTCGEGCTCASCAT

>MT4 AT2G23240.2 [Arabidopsis]

MADTGKGSASASCNDRCGCPSPCPGGESCRLMMSEASGGDQEHNTCPCGEHCGCNPCNCPKTQTQTSAKGCTCGEGCTCATCAA