FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 78-81.

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Isolation and Purification of Metallothionein from Sinopotamon henanense Induced with Copper

 MA  Wen-Li, WANG  Lan   

  1. School of Life Science and Technology,Shanxi University
  • Online:2008-05-15 Published:2011-08-26

Abstract: The freshwater crabs(Sinopotamon henanense) were exposed with 100 mg/L Cu(as CuSO4·5H2O) to induce synthesizing of metallothionein(MT).Then the crabs were dissected and the hepatopancreas were taken out,homogenized and centrifugalized.The supernatant obtained were purified primarily using acetone precipitation(50 %~80 %),followed by chromatography treatment on columns Sephadex G-50 and DEAE sepharose fast flow,then dialyzed to desalt.According to SDS-PAGE analysis,UV absorbance spectrometry analysis and mass spectrometry analysis,high purity MT is obtained,and its molecular weight is 6882 D.

Key words: copper, Sinopotamon henanense, metallothionein, isolation and purification