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Differential expression of metallothioneins in response to heavy metals and their involvement in metal tolerance in the symbiotic basidiomycete Free

Abstract

Cysteine-rich peptides such as metallothioneins (MTs) are involved in metal homeostasis and detoxification in many eukaryotes. We report the characterization and expression of two MT genes, and from the ectomycorrhizal fungus under metal stress conditions. and differ with respect to the length of the encoded peptides (58 versus 37 aa, respectively) and also by their expression patterns in response to metals. The expression levels of both and increased as a function of increased external Cu concentration, the expression levels for were always significantly higher compared with those of . Only , but not , responded to Cd supply in the range of 25–100 µM while Zn did not affect the transcription of either or 2. Both genes also responded to oxidative stress, but to a lesser extent compared to their responses to either Cu or Cd stress. Heterologous complementation assays in metal-sensitive yeast mutants indicated that both and encode peptides capable of conferring higher tolerance to both Cu and Cd. The present study identified as potential determinants of the response of this mycorrhizal fungus to Cu and Cd stress.

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Differential expression of metallothioneins in response to heavy metals and their involvement in metal tolerance in the symbiotic basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor
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