Enzyme binding modes

It is now established that cadmium, besides zinc, is accumulated in some native cysteine-rich proteins (e.g., metallothioneins) and the binding mode and sites in the protein are studied and largely understood.57 Also, the detection and study of native Cd-enzymes and Cd-substituted Zn-enzymes is just beginning at the time of writing (for a short survey see ref. 58). 

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