CELE_T08G5.10, met-II, T08G5.10

mtl-2 encodes one of two C. elegans metallothioneins, small, cysteine-rich, metal-binding proteins; MTL-2 functions in metal detoxification and homeostasis and stress adaptation; in addition, mtl-2 plays a role in regulating growth and fertility; mtl-2 expression is induced in larval and adult intestinal cells following exposure to cadmium or heat shock; MTL-2 intestinal expression is dependent upon ELT-2, an intestine-specific GATA-type transcription factor; mtl-2 is downregulated by DAF-16 in daf-2 mutants.

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