title: A preliminary study of Cu-, Cd- and Zn-binding components in the hepatopancreas of Palaemon elegans (Crustacea: Decapoda).
abstract: Three low molecular weight, metal-binding components have been isolated from the hepatopancreas of the shrimp Palaemon elegans. The two larger components P-I (11-15,000) and P-II (4-6000) were associated with large amounts of copper in field-collected and copper-exposed shrimps and with cadmium in shrimps exposed to elevated Cd concentrations. A smaller component, P-III was associated with zinc. The recovery of these components was dependent upon the use of a protease inhibitor and the reducing agent mercaptoethanol (2-M) during the separation procedure. Copper, zinc and cadmium are not evenly distributed between individual tissues of P. elegans, the highest concentrations occurring in the hepatopancreas, gills and eyes.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Rainbow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D003445:Crustacea / Q000378:metabolism*; D005123:Eye / Q000378:metabolism; D005880:Gills / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008667:Metalloproteins; D002104:Cadmium; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc