To balance the toxic effects of metals in the cells, all organisms possess different potential cellular mechanisms such as synthesis of metal binding peptides and proteins. Metallothioneins (MTs), are a superfamily of small (molecular weight 10 KDa) and Cys-rich proteins that can bind heavy metals via the thiol groups of their Cys residues. Multiple MT isoforms have been identified rice ( Oryza sativa ) which are right; LINE-HEIGHT: 90%; MARGIN: auto auto 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: rtl; mso-add-space: auto; mso-layout-grid-align: none" dir=rtl Keywords :Rice, Metallothionein, Heavy Metals ,Heterologouexpression, Metal binding ability .