Abstract:
Metalloproteomics is an emerging scientific field. Its research target is focused to investigate the distributions and compositions of all metalloproteins in a proteome, their structural and functional characterization, and their structural metalbinding moieties. Various nuclear analytical techniques, such as molecular activation analysis, Xray fluorescence, isotope tracer, Mssbauer spectrometry, Xray absorption spectrometry, and neutron scattering are powerful tools to study a number of the basic issues in metalloproteomics. In this paper, the applications of the mentioned nuclear techniques in this field are selectively outlined, along with their advantages and limitations.