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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2022

The copper-linked Escherichia coli AZY operon: Structure, metal binding, and a possible physiological role in copper delivery.

Rose C Hadley, Daniel Zhitnitsky, Nurit Livnat-Levanon, Gal Masrati, Elena Vigonsky, Jessica Rose, Nir Ben-Tal, Amy C Rosenzweig, Oded Lewinson

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A redox- and proton-coupled inner membrane transporter mediates copper import to the bacterial cytoplasm.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. Unique underlying principles shaping copper homeostasis networks.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rose C HadleyDepartments of Molecular Biosciences and Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Daniel ZhitnitskyDepartment of Biochemistry and the Rappaport Institute for Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Nurit Livnat-LevanonDepartment of Biochemistry and the Rappaport Institute for Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Gal MasratiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Elena VigonskyDepartment of Biochemistry and the Rappaport Institute for Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Jessica RoseDepartment of Biochemistry and the Rappaport Institute for Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Nir Ben-TalDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Amy C RosenzweigDepartments of Molecular Biosciences and Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: amyr@northwestern.edu.
Oded LewinsonDepartment of Biochemistry and the Rappaport Institute for Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: lewinson@technion.ac.il.
Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences · ILNorthwestern University · USTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Escherichia coli yobA-yebZ-yebY (AZY) operon encodes the proteins YobA, YebZ, and YebY. YobA and YebZ are homologs of the CopC periplasmic copper-binding protein and the CopD putative copper importer, respectively, whereas YebY belongs to the uncharacterized Domain of Unknown Function 2511 family. Despite numerous studies of E. coli copper homeostasis and the existence of the AZY operon in a range of bacteria, the operon's proteins and their functional roles have not been explored. In this study, we present the first biochemical and functional studies of the AZY proteins. Biochemical characterization and structural modeling indicate that YobA binds a single Cu

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CopperEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsOperonPeriplasmic Binding ProteinsChelating AgentsStructure-Activity RelationshipChelating AgentsCopperEscherichia coli ProteinsPeriplasmic Binding Proteinsbioinformaticscopper transportcrystal structureE. colimetal homeostasismetalloprotein

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PMID34822841
PMCPMC8689200
OpenAlexW3217218464

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