Thumann J, Grill E, Winnacker E L, Zenk M H
Lehrstuhl für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Universität München, Germany.
FEBS Lett. 1991 Jun 17;284(1):66-9. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80763-s.
The enzymatically inactive, metal-requiring apoforms of diamino oxidase and of carbonic anhydrase were reactivated by copper-and zinc-phytochelatin complexes, respectively. The level and the rate of reactivation effected by metal complexes consisting of poly(gamma-glutamylcysteinyl)glycine as well as by the respective free metal ion were compared. An efficient transfer of zinc and copper from phytochelatin-complexes to apoenzymes was observed in vitro.