Cu Homeostasis in Bacteria: The Ins and Outs

Cu Homeostasis in Bacteria: The Ins and Outs

Copper (Cu) is an essential trace element for all living organisms and used as cofactor in key enzymes of important biological processes, such as aerobic respiration or superoxide dismutation. However, due to its toxicity, cells have developed elaborate mechanisms for Cu homeostasis, which balance C...

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Main Authors: Andreea Andrei, Yavuz Öztürk, Bahia Khalfaoui-Hassani, Juna Rauch, Dorian Marckmann, Petru-Iulian Trasnea, Fevzi Daldal, Hans-Georg Koch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Membranes
Subjects:
P<sub>1B</sub>-type ATPases
copper chaperones
major facilitator superfamily proteins
cupric reductase
metal-sensing transcriptional regulators
<i>cbb</i><sub>3</sub>-type cytochrome <i>c </i>oxidase
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/10/9/242

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