ReviewEmerging topics in life sciences2024
Resisting death by metal: metabolism and Cu/Zn homeostasis in bacteria.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fabrication of Chondroitin Sulfate-Copper/Zinc Complexes and Antibacterial Activity Involving Hydrogel Application in Infected Wound Healing.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Heavy Metal-Driven Oral Dysbiosis: Salivary Toxicometallomics at the Host-Microbiome Interface Across Pathologies.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Copper stress upregulates oxidative stress response, histidine production, and iron acquisition genes inFEMS microbes · 2026Article
- Microbial metal physiology: ions to ecosystems.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025Review
- Advances in pH-responsive drug delivery systems for periodontitis treatment.Drug delivery · 2025Review
- Long-read methylome analysis of Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensis G20 biofilm under copper stress.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Regulatory Characterization of Two Cop Systems for Copper Resistance inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Volatile Metabolome and Transcriptomic Analysis ofMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Bacteria Under Metal Stress-Molecular Mechanisms of Metal Tolerance.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Comparative genomic analysis of metal-tolerant bacteria reveals significant differences in metal adaptation strategies.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- The Role of Ferroptosis and Cuproptosis in Tuberculosis Pathogenesis: Implications for Therapeutic Strategies.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- An opportunistic pathogen under stress: how Group B Streptococcus responds to cytotoxic reactive species and conditions of metal ion imbalance to survive.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2024Review
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Abstract
Metal ions such as zinc and copper play important roles in host-microbe interactions and their availability can drastically affect the survival of pathogenic bacteria in a host niche. Mechanisms of metal homeostasis protect bacteria from starvation, or intoxication, defined as when metals are limiting, or in excess, respectively. In this mini-review, we summarise current knowledge on the mechanisms of resistance to metal stress in bacteria, focussing specifically on the homeostasis of cellular copper and zinc. This includes a summary of the factors that subvert metal stress in bacteria, which are independent of metal efflux systems, and commentary on the role of small molecules and metabolic systems as important mediators of metal resistance.
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