Role of Glutathione in Buffering Excess Intracellular Copper in Streptococcus pyogenes
(2020)
Journal Article
Stewart, L. J., Ong, C.-L. Y., Zhang, M. M., Brouwer, S., McIntyre, L., Davies, M. R., Walker, M. J., McEwan, A. G., Waldron, K. J., & Djoko, K. Y. (2020). Role of Glutathione in Buffering Excess Intracellular Copper in Streptococcus pyogenes. mBio, 11(6), e02804-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02804-20
Copper (Cu) is an essential metal for bacterial physiology but in excess it is bacteriotoxic. To limit Cu levels in the cytoplasm, most bacteria possess a transcriptionally responsive system for Cu export. In the Gram-positive human pathogen Streptoc... Read More about Role of Glutathione in Buffering Excess Intracellular Copper in Streptococcus pyogenes.