ISOLATION AND CLONING OF cDNA OF GENE ENCODING FOR METALLOTHIONEIN TYPE 2 FROM MELASTOMA AFFINE
Metallothionein is an important protein for detoxifying heavy metal ions. h is research was conducted to isolate and clone cDNA of gene encoding for metallothionein type 2 from Melastoma affi ne . Total RNA was isolated from young leaves. Total cDNA was synthesized from the total RNA by reverse tr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SEAMEO, BIOTROP
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.biotrop.org/index.php/biotropia/article/view/64/43 |
| Summary: | Metallothionein is an important protein for detoxifying heavy metal ions. h is research was conducted to isolate and clone cDNA of gene encoding for metallothionein type 2 from Melastoma affi ne . Total RNA was isolated from young leaves. Total cDNA was synthesized from the total RNA by reverse transcription. h e MaMt2 cDNA was successfully isolated by PCR technique. h e MaMt2 cDNA was inserted into pGEM-T Easy and the recombinant plasmid was successfully introduced into Escherichia coli DH5 α . DNA sequencing analysis showed that this cDNA is full length consisting of 246 pb encoding 81 amino acid residues. h is cDNA is identical to mRNA of AtMt2 from Arabidopsis thaliana. It does not contain any restriction sites found in the cloning sites of pGEM-T Easy. h e deduced protein of MaMT2 contains 14 cysteine residues distributed in the Cys-Cys, Cys-X-Cys, and Cys-X-X-Cys motifs |
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| ISSN: | 0215-6334 1907-770X |