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How do bacterial cells ensure that metalloproteins get the correct metal?

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Kevin WaldronORCiD, Professor Nigel Robinson

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Abstract

Protein metal-coordination sites are richly varied and exquisitely attuned to their inorganic partners, yet many metalloproteins still select the wrong metals when presented with mixtures of elements. Cells have evolved elaborate mechanisms to scavenge for sufficient metal atoms to meet their needs and to adjust their needs to match supply. Metal sensors, transporters and stores have often been discovered as metal-resistance determinants, but it is emerging that they perform a broader role in microbial physiology: they allow cells to overcome inadequate protein metal affinities to populate large numbers of metalloproteins with the right metals.

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Author(s): Waldron KJ, Robinson NJ

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Nature Reviews Microbiology

Year: 2009

Volume: 7

Issue: 1

Pages: 25-35

ISSN (print): 1740-1526

ISSN (electronic): 1740-1534

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2057

DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2057

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