Bacterial cytosolic proteins with a high capacity for Cu(I) that protect against copper toxicity

Bacteria are thought to avoid using the essential metal ion copper in their cytosol due to its toxicity. Herein we characterize Csp3, the cytosolic member of a new family of bacterial copper storage proteins from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Bacillus subtilis. These tetrameric proteins posses...

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Main Authors: Vita, Nicolas, Landolfi, Gianpiero, Baslé, Arnaud, Platsaki, Semeli, Lee, Jaeick, Waldron, Kevin J., Dennison, Christopher
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171941/