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Mutual Similarity of Aminoacid Sequences in Family of Metallothioneins

ŠKUTKOVÁ, H.; PROVAZNÍK, I.; KIZEK, R.

Original Title

Mutual Similarity of Aminoacid Sequences in Family of Metallothioneins

English Title

Mutual Similarity of Aminoacid Sequences in Family of Metallothioneins

Type

Paper in proceedings (conference paper)

Original Abstract

Metallothioneins (MTs) are small cysteine-rich proteins that are involved in many diverse biological processes. These multifunction proteins constitute a superfamily. They are found not only in eukaryotes, but also in prokaryotic micro organisms. Although they keep analogical function, their primary structures are often diverse. Phylogenetic analysis reveals similarities and dissimilarities in sequence structures among various subfamilies of MTs.

English abstract

Metallothioneins (MTs) are small cysteine-rich proteins that are involved in many diverse biological processes. These multifunction proteins constitute a superfamily. They are found not only in eukaryotes, but also in prokaryotic micro organisms. Although they keep analogical function, their primary structures are often diverse. Phylogenetic analysis reveals similarities and dissimilarities in sequence structures among various subfamilies of MTs.

Keywords

Metallothionein, phylogenetic, sequence motif, sequence logo, BIONJ

Key words in English

Metallothionein, phylogenetic, sequence motif, sequence logo, BIONJ

Authors

ŠKUTKOVÁ, H.; PROVAZNÍK, I.; KIZEK, R.

RIV year

2011

Released

23.06.2010

Publisher

MUNI Brno

ISBN

978-80-7375-396-2

Book

Sborník příspěvků

Pages from

211

Pages to

212

Pages count

2

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT35863,
  author="Helena {Vítková} and Valentýna {Provazník} and René {Kizek}",
  title="Mutual Similarity of Aminoacid Sequences in Family of Metallothioneins",
  booktitle="Sborník příspěvků",
  year="2010",
  number="10",
  pages="211--212",
  publisher="MUNI Brno",
  isbn="978-80-7375-396-2"
}