ID   EC_MAIZE                Reviewed;          77 AA.
AC   P43401;
DT   01-NOV-1995, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2.
DT   24-JAN-2024, entry version 92.
DE   RecName: Full=EC protein homolog;
DE   AltName: Full=Zinc metallothionein class II;
OS   Zea mays (Maize).
OC   Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta;
OC   Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Liliopsida; Poales; Poaceae; PACMAD clade;
OC   Panicoideae; Andropogonodae; Andropogoneae; Tripsacinae; Zea.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=4577;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
RA   White C.N., Rivin C.J.;
RL   Submitted (JUN-1994) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Binds 5 molecules of zinc. May have a role in Zn(2+)
CC       homeostasis during embryogenesis (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the metallothionein superfamily. Type 15 family.
CC       {ECO:0000305}.
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DR   EMBL; Z34469; CAA84233.1; -; mRNA.
DR   EMBL; U10696; AAA19405.1; -; mRNA.
DR   PIR; S47158; S47158.
DR   RefSeq; NP_001105499.1; NM_001112029.1.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; P43401; -.
DR   SMR; P43401; -.
DR   STRING; 4577.P43401; -.
DR   PaxDb; 4577-GRMZM2G402564_P01; -.
DR   GeneID; 542475; -.
DR   KEGG; zma:542475; -.
DR   MaizeGDB; 78896; -.
DR   eggNOG; ENOG502S74E; Eukaryota.
DR   HOGENOM; CLU_166374_0_0_1; -.
DR   InParanoid; P43401; -.
DR   OMA; TCATCAN; -.
DR   OrthoDB; 977301at2759; -.
DR   Proteomes; UP000007305; Unplaced.
DR   GO; GO:0008270; F:zinc ion binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   InterPro; IPR000316; Metallthion_15.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR48198; EC PROTEIN HOMOLOG; 1.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR48198:SF1; METALLOTHIONEIN-LIKE PROTEIN 4A-RELATED; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF02068; Metallothio_PEC; 1.
DR   PRINTS; PR00877; MTPLANTPEC.
DR   Genevisible; P43401; ZM.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Metal-binding; Metal-thiolate cluster; Reference proteome; Zinc.
FT   INIT_MET        1
FT                   /note="Removed"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
FT   CHAIN           2..77
FT                   /note="EC protein homolog"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000197425"
SQ   SEQUENCE   77 AA;  7706 MW;  96010CBF20FD246B CRC64;
     MGCDDKCGCA VPCPGGKDCR CTSGSGGQRE HTTCGCGEHC ECSPCTCGRA TMPSGRENRR
     ANCSCGASCN CASCASA
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