Mercury transport and resistance

被引：39

作者：

Brown, NL

Shih, YC

Leang, C

Glendinning, KJ

Hobman, JL

Wilson, JR

机构：

[1] Univ Birmingham, Sch Biosci, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England

[2] Univ Massachusetts, Dept Microbiol, Amherst, MA 01003 USA

[3] Univ Liverpool, Dept Med Microbiol & GU Med, Liverpool L69 3GA, Merseyside, England

[4] Natl Inst Med Res, Prot Struct Div, London NW7 1AA, England

来源：

BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS | 2002年 / 30卷

关键词：

heavy metal; ion transport; membrane protein; mercuric ion resistance;

D O I：

10.1042/BST0300715

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Resistance to mercuric ions in bacteria is conferred by, mercuric reductase, which reduces Hg(II) to Hg(0) in the cytoplasmic compartment. Specific mercuric ion transport systems exist to take up Hg(11) salts and deliver them to the active site of the reductase. This short review discusses the role of transport proteins in resistance and the mechanism of transfer of Hg(11) between the mercury-resistance proteins.

引用

页码：715 / 718

页数：4

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