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abstract: Metal ions play an indispensable role in biology, enabling enzymes to perform their functions and lending support to the structures of numerous macromolecules. Despite their prevalence and importance, the metalloproteome is still relatively unexplored. Cvetkovic et al. (2010) now describe an approach to identify metalloproteins on a genome-wide scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1901 Vine Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seravalli
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ragsdale
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