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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298582903321

Autore

Solioz Marc

Titolo

Copper and Bacteria : Evolution, Homeostasis and Toxicity / / by Marc Solioz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-94439-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Biometals, , 2212-9901

Disciplina

615.925652

Soggetti

Organometallic chemistry

Microbiology

Bacteriology

Medical microbiology

Organometallic Chemistry

Applied Microbiology

Medical Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.