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Metabolic Responses, Uptake, and Export of Copper in Cyanobacteria.

Jean Coutinho Oder, Thamires Emidio Sateles, Laila Barros de Souza, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Wagner L Araújo, Luna Alvarenga-Lucius

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Review in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Comparative Effects of CuNPs, CuONPs and CuSOLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  2. From pond to platform: howJournal of bacteriology · 2026
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jean Coutinho OderDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Thamires Emidio SatelesDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Laila Barros de SouzaDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0002-7162-9407
Adriano Nunes-NesiDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9581-9355
Wagner L AraújoDepartamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4796-2616
Luna Alvarenga-LuciusInstitute of Biosciences, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Rostock, D-18059 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7790-6458

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq-Brazil) 151020/2024-8Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq-Brazil) 406455/2022-8Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq-Brazil) 407276/2021-1Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG-Brazil APQ-01942-22Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG-Brazil CRA - RED-00060-23
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Copper (Cu) is an essential micronutrient for cyanobacteria, where it functions as a cofactor in key proteins involved in photosynthesis and antioxidant defense. However, at elevated concentrations, Cu becomes toxic, exhibiting algicidal effects by disrupting metal homeostasis and competing for metal-binding sites on critical cellular proteins. Due to the considerable morphological and physiological diversity within the phylum Cyanobacteria, the thresholds for Cu deficiency or toxicity vary considerably among strains. Maintaining Cu homeostasis in cyanobacterial cells is a complex process involving multiple layers of regulation. It begins at the extracellular polysaccharide layer, involves specialized membrane-bound proteins (in the outer, plasma, and thylakoid membranes), and results in transcriptional regulation in response to intracellular Cu status. This review summarizes the current understanding of Cu uptake and efflux pathways in cyanobacteria and explores how these mechanisms contribute to maintaining cellular Cu balance. The knowledge gained may contribute to the application of cyanobacteria in bioremediation strategies and/or the targeted use of Cu in the control of harmful cyanobacterial blooms.

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copper homeostasiscopper toxicitycyanobacterial stress response

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PMID40723357
PMCPMC12292863

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