Response of gram-positive bacteria to copper stress - PubMed (original) (raw)

Review

doi: 10.1007/s00775-009-0588-3. Epub 2009 Sep 23.

Affiliations

Free article

Review

Response of gram-positive bacteria to copper stress

Marc Solioz et al. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2010 Jan.

Free article

Abstract

The Gram-positive bacteria Enterococcus hirae, Lactococcus lactis, and Bacillus subtilis have received wide attention in the study of copper homeostasis. Consequently, copper extrusion by ATPases, gene regulation by copper, and intracellular copper chaperoning are understood in some detail. This has provided profound insight into basic principles of how organisms handle copper. It also emerged that many bacterial species may not require copper for life, making copper homeostatic systems pure defense mechanisms. Structural work on copper homeostatic proteins has given insight into copper coordination and bonding and has started to give molecular insight into copper handling in biological systems. Finally, recent biochemical work has shed new light on the mechanism of copper toxicity, which may not primarily be mediated by reactive oxygen radicals.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. J Biol Chem. 1997 Apr 4;272(14):8932-6 - PubMed
    1. Biochem J. 2008 May 1;411(3):571-9 - PubMed
    1. J Inorg Biochem. 2002 Jan 15;88(2):192-6 - PubMed
    1. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2003 Mar 14;220(1):105-12 - PubMed
    1. Structure. 2003 Nov;11(11):1431-43 - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources