Incorporation of tellurium into amino acids and proteins in a tellurium-tolerant fungi.
Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus terreus, and Penicillium chrysogenum, a tellurium tolerant fungi, are able to grow on sulfur free medium amended with 0.2% (w/v) tellurite. Tellurium was incorporated into several types of low and high molecular weight proteins. The newly detected telluro-proteins contained an extraordinary high level of tellurium, as well as telluro-cysteine, telluro-cystine, telluro-methionine, and serine.
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Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Razak
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Ragab
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el-Meleigy
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D000596:Amino Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000378:metabolism; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000378:metabolism; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010408:Penicillium chrysogenum / Q000378:metabolism; D013691:Tellurium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
D000596:Amino Acids; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D013691:Tellurium