Metallothionein-1B
Details
- Name
- Metallothionein-1B
- Synonyms
- Metallothionein-IB
- MT-1B
- MT-IB
- MT1Q
- Gene Name
- MT1B
- Organism
- Humans
- Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0049461|Metallothionein-1B MDPNCSCTTGGSCACAGSCKCKECKCTSCKKCCCSCCPVGCAKCAQGCVCKGSSEKCRCC A
- Number of residues
- 61
- Molecular Weight
- 6115.23
- Theoretical pI
- Not Available
- GO Classification
- Functionszinc ion bindingProcessescellular response to zinc ion / negative regulation of growthComponentscytoplasm / nucleus / perinuclear region of cytoplasm
- General Function
- Metallothioneins have a high content of cysteine residues that bind various heavy metals; these proteins are transcriptionally regulated by both heavy metals and glucocorticoids.
- Specific Function
- Zinc ion binding
- Pfam Domain Function
- Metallothio (PF00131)
- Transmembrane Regions
- Not Available
- Cellular Location
- Not Available
- Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0049462|Metallothionein-1B (MT1B) ATGGATCCCAACTGCTCCTGCACCACAGGTGGCTCCTGTGCCTGCGCCGGCTCCTGCAAG TGCAAAGAGTGCAAATGTACCTCCTGCAAGAAGTGCTGCTGCTCTTGCTGCCCCGTGGGC TGTGCCAAGTGTGCCCAGGGCTGTGTCTGCAAAGGCTCATCAGAGAAGTGCCGCTGCTGT GCCTGA
- Chromosome Location
- 16
- Locus
- 16q13
- External Identifiers
Resource Link UniProtKB ID P07438 UniProtKB Entry Name MT1B_HUMAN HGNC ID HGNC:7394 - General References
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