Journal article
Identification of ferritin as a major high molecular weight zinc-binding protein in the tropical rock oyster,Saccostrea cuccullata
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol.14(4), pp.403-407
1985
Abstract
The metal-binding proteins of the body mass of the tropical rock oyster Saccostrea cuccullata from the iron-ore shipping terminals near Dampier, Western Australia, have been separated by gel chromatography and analyzed for Zn, Fe, and Cu. Appreciable amounts of Zn (40%) and Cu (25%) were eluted in association with a high molecular weight fraction (>60,000 daltons), the major component of which was identified as the heat stable Fe-binding protein, ferritin (approx. mol. wt. 550,000), which also contains 95% of the Fe detected. Ferritin thus accounts for significant amounts of protein-bound Zn in this species and most probably in other bivalves containing elevated tissue levels of Zn.
Details
- Title
- Identification of ferritin as a major high molecular weight zinc-binding protein in the tropical rock oyster,Saccostrea cuccullata
- Authors/Creators
- J. Webb (Author/Creator)D.J. Macey (Author/Creator)V. Talbot (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol.14(4), pp.403-407
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Identifiers
- 991005543784007891
- Copyright
- (c) Springer Verlag
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences; School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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