How plants cope with heavy metals

Botanical Studies

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