Copper and Bacteria [electronic resource] : Evolution, Homeostasis and Toxicity /
Solioz, Marc.author.
In the past two decades, great progress has been made in the understanding of copper as a bioelement. The book summarizes the current knowledge of copper toxicity, homeostasis and resistance in bacteria, in which proteins like copper ATPases, copper chaperones and copper-responsive regulators of gene expression play major roles. The author also discusses the metallation of cuproenzymes. The evolution of the use of copper by cells and of copper-homeostatic proteins are is also considered in this Brief.
Copper - a modern bioelement -- The essence of copper homeostasis -- Copper toxicity mechanisms -- Copper homeostasis in Gram-positive bacteria -- Copper homeostasis in Gram-negative bacteria -- Chalkophores, the 'siderophores' for copper -- Copper loading of cuproenzymes -- Contact killing of bacteria by metallic copper.
In the past two decades, great progress has been made in the understanding of copper as a bioelement. The book summarizes the current knowledge of copper toxicity, homeostasis and resistance in bacteria, in which proteins like copper ATPases, copper chaperones and copper-responsive regulators of gene expression play major roles. The author also discusses the metallation of cuproenzymes. The evolution of the use of copper by cells and of copper-homeostatic proteins are is also considered in this Brief.
Organometallic chemistry .
Microbiology.
Bacteriology.
Medical microbiology.
Organometallic Chemistry.
Applied Microbiology.
Bacteriology.
Medical Microbiology.