Title: A preliminary study of Cu-, Cd- and Zn-binding components in the hepatopancreas of Palaemon elegans (Crustacea: Decapoda)
Abstract: 1. Three low molecular weight, metal-binding components have been isolated from the hepatopancreas of the shrimp Palaemon elegans. 2. The two larger components P-I (11–15,000) and P-II (4–6000) were associated with large amounts of copper in field-collected and copper-exposed shrimps and with cadmium in shrimps exposed to elevated Cd concentrations. 3. A smaller component, P-III was associated with zinc. 4. The recovery of these components was dependent upon the use of a protease inhibitor and the reducing agent mercaptoethanol (2-M) during the separation procedure. 5. Copper, zinc and cadmium are not evenly distributed between individual tissues of P. elegans, the highest concentrations occurring in the hepatopancreas, gills and eyes.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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