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Nature Chemical Biology 4, 582 - 583 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nchembio1008-582
A bacterial copper metallothionein
Nigel J Robinson1
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Nigel J. Robinson is in the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle NE2 4HH, UK.
e-mail: n.j.robinson@ncl.ac.uk
Abstract
Metallothioneins sequester cadmium and surplus atoms of copper and zinc to prevent aberrant metal-catalyzed reactions. The identification of a 'cryptic' copper metallothionein in the bacterium that causes tuberculosis suggests that bacterial metallothioneins may be more widespread than previously suspected.
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