title: Primary sequence of duck metallothionein.
abstract: Only one metallothionein appears in domesticated duck upon zinc induction. The complete amino acid sequence has been elucidated. This metallothionein has the same sequence as the chicken metallothionein, as determined by chemical sequencing of overlapping peptides produced by selective proteinase digestion and confirmed by mass spectrometry. The observation that animals of divergent origins share a common gene product presents an example of extreme conservation of a stress-inducible protein.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vestling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fenselau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002712:Chlorides / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004372:Ducks; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology; D017967:Zinc Compounds
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D017967:Zinc Compounds; C016837:zinc chloride; D008668:Metallothionein; D015032:Zinc