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Phytochelatin synthase is the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of heavy-metal-binding peptides (phytochelatins) from glutathione and related thiols. It has recently been determined that it is not only restricted to plants and some fungi, as was once thought, but also has an essential role in heavy-metal detoxification in the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. These findings and others that...