Heme degrading protein HemS is involved in oxidative stress response of Bartonella henselae.

Bartonellae are hemotropic bacteria, agents of emerging zoonoses. These bacteria are heme auxotroph Alphaproteobacteria which must import heme for supporting their growth, as they cannot synthesize it. Therefore, Bartonella genome encodes for a complete heme uptake system allowing the transportation...

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Main Authors: MaFeng Liu, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Francis Biville
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3365110?pdf=render