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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Copper sensitivity of cueO mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 and the biochemical suppression of this phenotype |
Author: | Tree, J. Kidd, S. Jennings, M. McEwan, A. |
Citation: | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2005; 328(4):1205-1210 |
Publisher: | Academic Press Inc |
Issue Date: | 2005 |
ISSN: | 0006-291X 1090-2104 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jai J. Tree, Stephen P. Kidd, Michael P. Jennings, Alastair G. McEwan |
Abstract: | The cueO gene of Escherichia coli encodes a multi-copper oxidase, which contributes to copper tolerance in this bacterium. It was observed that a cueO mutant was highly sensitive to killing by copper ions when cells were grown on defined minimal media. Copper sensitivity was correlated with accumulation of copper in the mutant strain. Growth of the cueO mutant in the presence of copper could be restored by addition of divalent zinc and manganese ions or ferrous iron but not by other first row transition metal ions or magnesium ions. Copper toxicity towards a cueO mutant could also be suppressed by addition of the superoxide quencher 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-3,5-disulfonic acid (tiron), suggesting that a primary cause of copper toxicity is the copper-catalyzed production of superoxide anions in the cytoplasm. |
Keywords: | Copper toxicity Escherichia coli Multi-copper oxidase |
Description: | Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.084 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.084 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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