Metal Metabolism in Animals

• Main Author: Reinhard Dallinger (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Allergy; Protein Biochemistry; Oxidative Stress; Metalloprotein; Homeostasis; Metal Uptake; Iron; Metal; Synthase; Immunity; Accumulation; Model Organism; Methylmercury; Development; Metal Toxicity; Essential Trace Element; Copper; Protection; Molecular Methods; Metal Supplementation; Binding Specificity; Cadmium; Transgenic Organisms; T Cells; Non-Essential Trace Element; Animal Model; Hypersensitivity; Detoxification; Tolerance; Histology; Palladium; Metalloenzyme; Stress; Zinc; Regulation; Nickel; Protein Disease; Mercury; Phytochelatin; Metallothionein; Apoptosis; Cancer
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Through evolution of life, animals have adapted to the ubiquitous presence of metals in the biosphere. They utilize the more frequent ones as essential constituents of their biochemical machinery. In fact, about 40% of all proteins present in animal cells are so-called metalloproteins. On the other...