Table 2.
Some examples of metalloproteins which can be modified by metal substitution
Metal | Native metal | Protein | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, Zn | Mg | RuBisCo | Reviewed in Van Assche and Clijsters 1990Siedlecka et al. 2001 |
Cd | Mn | Oxygen evolving complex in photosystem II | Baszynski et al. 1980 |
U, Al, Pb | Fe | Ferritin | Den Auwer et al. 2005Johnston et al. 1993Cvetkovic et al. 2010 |
Ni | Zn | Alanyl-tRNA editing hydrolase | Cvetkovic et al. 2010 |
Zn | Ca | Endonuclease | McCabe et al. 1992 |
Co | Zn | ATP sulfurylase | Gavel et al. 1998 |
Pb, Cd | Ca | Calmodulin | Habermann et al. 1983Richardt et al. 1986 |
It should be noted that not all examples were determined in plants.