Bacterial Metallostasis: Metal Sensing, Metalloproteome Remodeling, and Metal Trafficking

DA Capdevila, JJ Rondón, KA Edmonds… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Transition metals function as structural and catalytic cofactors for a large diversity of proteins
and enzymes that collectively comprise the metalloproteome. Metallostasis considers all …

A Divalent Metal Cation–Metabolite Interaction Model Reveals Cation Buffering and Speciation

JP Sieg - Biochemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
I present the perspective that the divalent metalome and the metabolome can be modeled
as a network of chelating interactions instead of separate entities. I review progress in …

Moving metals: How microbes deliver metal cofactors to metalloproteins

DE Kunkle, EP Skaar - Molecular Microbiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
First row d‐block metal ions serve as vital cofactors for numerous essential enzymes and are
therefore required nutrients for all forms of life. Despite this requirement, excess free …

Molecular Determinants of Efficient Cobalt-Substituted Hemoprotein Production in E. coli

BR Weaver, LJ Perkins… - ACS Synthetic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exchanging the native iron of heme for other metals yields artificial metalloproteins with new
properties for spectroscopic studies and biocatalysis. Recently, we reported a method for the …

Protein metalation in a nutshell

D Osman, NJ Robinson - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metalation, the acquisition of metals by proteins, must avoid mis‐metalation with tighter
binding metals. This is illustrated by four selected proteins that require different metals: all …

Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands

U Krämer - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
One of life's decisive innovations was to harness the catalytic power of metals for cellular
chemistry. With life's expansion, global atmospheric and biogeochemical cycles underwent …

A metal-trap tests and refines blueprints to engineer cellular protein metalation with different elements

SE Clough, TR Young, E Tarrant, AJP Scott… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
It has been challenging to test how proteins acquire specific metals in cells. The speciation
of metalation is thought to depend on the preferences of proteins for different metals …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial Community Structure in the Taklimakan Desert: The Importance of Nutrient Levels in Medium and Culture Methods

F Wen, S Wu, X Luo, L Bai, Z Xia - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Taklimakan Desert is a typical extreme environment of high
temperature, drought, and barren soil. The microorganisms in this area have undergone …

Effects of Luteolin-7-O-Glucoside on Intestinal Microbiota Dysbiosis and Drug Resistance Transmission Caused by Raoultella ornithinolytica B1645-1: Modulating the Composition of Intestinal Microbiota and …

Z Wu, R Gou, L Sha, C Yu, L Meng, Z Jin - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Raoultella ornithinolytica is an Enterobacteriaceae bacterium that can infect both humans
and animals, while luteolin-7-O-glucoside (IOG) is a flavonoid that has broad effects on the …

AphA directly activates the transcription of polysaccharide biosynthesis gene scvE in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

L Chen, M Zhang, X Li, Q Wu, X Xue, T Zhang, R Lu… - Gene, 2023 - Elsevier
Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a seafood-borne pathogen, is capable of forming biofilms on
surfaces. Exopolysaccharide (EPS) plays crucial roles in holding bacterial cells together and …