Excess copper catalyzes protein disulfide bond formation in the bacterial periplasm but not in the cytoplasm
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DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15032
Abstract: Copper avidly binds thiols and is redox active, and it follows that one element of copper toxicity may be the generation of undesirable disulfide bonds in proteins. In the present study, copper oxidized the model… read more here.
Keywords: periplasm; copper; cytoplasm; excess copper ... See more keywords