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Denic M, Turlin E, Michel V, Fischer F, Khorasani-Motlagh M, Zamble D, Vinella D, de Reuse H. A novel mode of control of nickel uptake by a multifunctional metallochaperone. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009193. [PMID: 33444370 PMCID: PMC7840056 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Cellular metal homeostasis is a critical process for all organisms, requiring tight regulation. In the major pathogen Helicobacter pylori, the acquisition of nickel is an essential virulence determinant as this metal is a cofactor for the acid-resistance enzyme, urease. Nickel uptake relies on the NixA permease and the NiuBDE ABC transporter. Till now, bacterial metal transporters were reported to be controlled at their transcriptional level. Here we uncovered post-translational regulation of the essential Niu transporter in H. pylori. Indeed, we demonstrate that SlyD, a protein combining peptidyl-prolyl isomerase (PPIase), chaperone, and metal-binding properties, is required for the activity of the Niu transporter. Using two-hybrid assays, we found that SlyD directly interacts with the NiuD permease subunit and identified a motif critical for this contact. Mutants of the different SlyD functional domains were constructed and used to perform in vitro PPIase activity assays and four different in vivo tests measuring nickel intracellular accumulation or transport in H. pylori. In vitro, SlyD PPIase activity is down-regulated by nickel, independently of its C-terminal region reported to bind metals. In vivo, a role of SlyD PPIase function was only revealed upon exposure to high nickel concentrations. Most importantly, the IF chaperone domain of SlyD was shown to be mandatory for Niu activation under all in vivo conditions. These data suggest that SlyD is required for the active functional conformation of the Niu permease and regulates its activity through a novel mechanism implying direct protein interaction, thereby acting as a gatekeeper of nickel uptake. Finally, in agreement with a central role of SlyD, this protein is essential for the colonization of the mouse model by H. pylori. Metal ions are essential for the viability of all living organisms. Indeed, more than one-third of all proteins need metal cofactors for their function. Intracellular metal concentrations require tight control as non-physiological amounts are very toxic. In particular, nickel plays a unique role in Helicobacter pylori, a bacterial pathogen that colonizes the stomach of about half of the human population worldwide and is associated with the development of gastric cancer. Nickel is essential for H. pylori as it is the cofactor of urease, an enzyme indispensable for resistance to the gastric acidity of the stomach and thus for in vivo colonization. To import nickel despite its scarcity in the human body, H. pylori requires efficient uptake mechanisms. Till now, control of nickel uptake was only reported to rely on transcriptional regulators. In the present study, we uncovered a novel mechanism of regulation of nickel acquisition. SlyD, a multifunctional enzyme was found to control, by direct protein interaction, the activity of an essential nickel uptake system in H. pylori. We revealed that the SlyD chaperone activity is mandatory for the active conformation and thus functionality of the nickel permease.
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- Milica Denic
- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, CNRS UMR 2001, Paris, France
- Université de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, CNRS UMR 2001, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, CNRS UMR 2001, Paris, France
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- Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, UMR 7156, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Botanique, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, CNRS UMR 2001, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (DV); (HDR)
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Microbiologie, Unité Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, CNRS UMR 2001, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (DV); (HDR)
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Zhang F, Li B, Dong H, Chen M, Yao S, Li J, Zhang H, Liu X, Wang H, Song N, Zhang K, Du N, Xu S, Gu L. YdiV regulates Escherichia coli ferric uptake by manipulating the DNA-binding ability of Fur in a SlyD-dependent manner. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:9571-9588. [PMID: 32813023 PMCID: PMC7515728 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Iron is essential for all bacteria. In most bacteria, intracellular iron homeostasis is tightly regulated by the ferric uptake regulator Fur. However, how Fur activates the iron-uptake system during iron deficiency is not fully elucidated. In this study, we found that YdiV, the flagella gene inhibitor, is involved in iron homeostasis in Escherichia coli. Iron deficiency triggers overexpression of YdiV. High levels of YdiV then transforms Fur into a novel form which does not bind DNA in a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase SlyD dependent manner. Thus, the cooperation of YdiV, SlyD and Fur activates the gene expression of iron-uptake systems under conditions of iron deficiency. Bacterial invasion assays also demonstrated that both ydiV and slyD are necessary for the survival and growth of uropathogenic E. coli in bladder epithelial cells. This reveals a mechanism where YdiV not only represses flagella expression to make E. coli invisible to the host immune system, but it also promotes iron acquisition to help E. coli overcome host nutritional immunity.
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- Fengyu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Rare and Uncommon Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, 18877 Jingshi Road, Jinan 250062, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province and Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan 250012, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Rare and Uncommon Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Basic Medicine, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, 18877 Jingshi Road, Jinan 250062, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Qingdao 266237, P.R. China
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The impact of a His-tag on DNA binding by RNA polymerase alpha-C-terminal domain from Helicobacter pylori. Protein Expr Purif 2020; 167:105541. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2019.105541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Khorasani-Motlagh M, Lacasse MJ, Zamble DB. High-affinity metal binding by the Escherichia coli [NiFe]-hydrogenase accessory protein HypB is selectively modulated by SlyD. Metallomics 2018; 9:482-493. [PMID: 28352890 DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00037e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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[NiFe]-hydrogenase, which catalyzes the reversible conversion between hydrogen gas and protons, is a vital component of the metabolism of many pathogens. Maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenase requires selective nickel insertion that is completed, in part, by the metallochaperones SlyD and HypB. Escherichia coli HypB binds nickel with sub-picomolar affinity, and the formation of the HypB-SlyD complex activates nickel release from the high-affinity site (HAS) of HypB. In this study, the metal selectivity of this process was investigated. Biochemical experiments revealed that the HAS of full length HypB can bind stoichiometric zinc. Moreover, in contrast to the acceleration of metal release observed with nickel-loaded HypB, SlyD blocks the release of zinc from the HypB HAS. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) demonstrated that SlyD does not impact the primary coordination sphere of nickel or zinc bound to the HAS of HypB. Instead, computational modeling and XAS of HypB loaded with nickel or zinc indicated that zinc binds to HypB with a different coordination sphere than nickel. The data suggested that Glu9, which is not a nickel ligand, directly coordinates zinc. These results were confirmed through the characterization of E9A-HypB, which afforded weakened zinc affinity compared to wild-type HypB but similar nickel affinity. This mutant HypB fully supports the production of [NiFe]-hydrogenase in E. coli. Altogether, these results are consistent with the model that the HAS of HypB functions as a nickel site during [NiFe]-hydrogenase enzyme maturation and that the metal selectivity is controlled by activation of metal release by SlyD.
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Chen X, Nomani A, Patel N, Hatefi A. Production of low-expressing recombinant cationic biopolymers with high purity. Protein Expr Purif 2017; 134:11-17. [PMID: 28315745 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2017.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The growing complexity of recombinant biopolymers for delivery of bioactive agents requires the ability to control the biomaterial structure with high degree of precision. Genetic engineering techniques have provided this opportunity to synthesize biomaterials in an organism such as E. coli with full control over their lengths and sequences. One class of such biopolymers is recombinant cationic biopolymers with applications in gene delivery, regenerative medicine and variety of other biomedical applications. Unfortunately, due to their highly cationic nature and complex structure, their production in E. coli expression system is marred by low expression yield which in turn complicates the possibility of obtaining pure biopolymer. SlyD and ArnA endogenous E. coli proteins are considered the major culprits that copurify with the low-expressing biopolymers during the metal affinity chromatography. Here, we compared the impact of different parameters such as the choice of expression hosts as well as metal affinity columns in order to identify the most effective approach in obtaining highly pure recombinant cationic biopolymers with acceptable yield. The results of this study showed that by using E. coli BL21(DE3) LOBSTR strain and in combination with our developed stringent expression and Ni-NTA purification protocols highly pure products in one purification step (>99% purity) can be obtained. This approach could be applied to the production of other complex and potentially toxic biopolymers with wide range of applications in biomedicine.
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- Xuguang Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, United States.
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Carra BJ, Till SN, VanGundy RA, Pike RD, Bebout DC. Group 12 complexes of 2,6-bis([(2-pyridinylmethyl)thio]methyl)pyridine: Synthesis and characterization by X-ray crystallography and proton NMR. Polyhedron 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2015.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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[NiFe]-hydrogenases catalyze the reversible conversion of hydrogen gas into protons and electrons and are vital metabolic components of many species of bacteria and archaea. At the core of this enzyme is a sophisticated catalytic center comprising nickel and iron, as well as cyanide and carbon monoxide ligands, which is anchored to the large hydrogenase subunit through cysteine residues. The production of this multicomponent active site is accomplished by a collection of accessory proteins and can be divided into discrete stages. The iron component is fashioned by the proteins HypC, HypD, HypE, and HypF, which functionalize iron with cyanide and carbon monoxide. Insertion of the iron center signals to the metallochaperones HypA, HypB, and SlyD to selectively deliver the nickel to the active site. A specific protease recognizes the completed metal cluster and then cleaves the C-terminus of the large subunit, resulting in a conformational change that locks the active site in place. Finally, the large subunit associates with the small subunit, and the complete holoenzyme translocates to its final cellular position. Beyond this broad overview of the [NiFe]-hydrogenase maturation process, biochemical and structural studies are revealing the fundamental underlying molecular mechanisms. Here, we review recent work illuminating how the accessory proteins contribute to the maturation of [NiFe]-hydrogenase and discuss some of the outstanding questions that remain to be resolved.
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- Michael J Lacasse
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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Wang Y, Hu L, Yang X, Chang YY, Hu X, Li H, Sun H. On-line coupling of continuous-flow gel electrophoresis with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to quantitatively evaluate intracellular metal binding properties of metallochaperones HpHypA and HpHspA in E. coli cells. Metallomics 2015; 7:1399-406. [PMID: 26000660 DOI: 10.1039/c5mt00054h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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On-line coupling of gel electrophoresis with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (GE-ICP-MS) offers a strategy to monitor intracellular metals and their associated proteins simultaneously. Herein, we examine the feasibility of the GE-ICP-MS system in the quantitative analysis of intracellular metal binding properties using two Helicobacter pylori metallochaperones HypA and HspA overexpressed in E. coli cells as showcases. We show that parallel detection of metal and sulfur signals allows accurate quantification of intracellular metal-protein stoichiometries, even for metalloproteins that bind metal ions with micromolar affinities. Using this approach, we demonstrate that only a trace amount of Ni(2+) is associated with HpHypA in cells, distinct from the in vitro observation of stoichiometric binding, while HpHypA exhibits high fidelity towards its structural metal Zn(2+) with stoichiometric Zn(2+) binding. In contrast, HpHspA associates with Zn(2+), Ni(2+), Cu(2+) and Co(2+) from an essential metal pool with ca. 0.5 molar equivalents of total metals bound per HpHspA monomer. The metal binding properties of both HpHypA and HpHspA were altered by Bi(3+). The binding of both Zn(2+) and Ni(2+) to HpHypA was suppressed under the stress of Bi(3+) in cells, different from in vitro studies that showed that Bi(3+) interfered with Zn(2+) but not Ni(2+) binding. This study provides an analytical approach to investigate the intracellular metal selectivity of overexpressed metalloproteins.
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- Yuchuan Wang
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
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- Wolfgang Lubitz
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstr. 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Cheng T, Li H, Yang X, Xia W, Sun H. Interaction of SlyD with HypB of Helicobacter pylori facilitates nickel trafficking. Metallomics 2014; 5:804-7. [PMID: 23708681 DOI: 10.1039/c3mt00014a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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SlyD from Helicobacter pylori interacts with the [NiFe] hydrogenase accessory protein HypB through its IF domain. HpSlyD delivers Ni(2+) to HpHypB, leading to the enhancement of GTPase activity of HpHypB and implying the facilitation of Ni(2+) delivery from HpHypB to [NiFe] hydrogenase.
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- Tianfan Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Grasso G, Spoto G. Plasmonics for the study of metal ion–protein interactions. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 405:1833-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6421-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Higgins KA, Carr CE, Maroney MJ. Specific metal recognition in nickel trafficking. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7816-32. [PMID: 22970729 DOI: 10.1021/bi300981m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nickel is an essential metal for a number of bacterial species that have developed systems for acquiring, delivering, and incorporating the metal into target enzymes and controlling the levels of nickel in cells to prevent toxic effects. As with other transition metals, these trafficking systems must be able to distinguish between the desired metal and other transition metal ions with similar physical and chemical properties. Because there are few enzymes (targets) that require nickel for activity (e.g., Escherichia coli transports nickel for hydrogenases made under anaerobic conditions, and Helicobacter pylori requires nickel for hydrogenase and urease that are essential for acid viability), the "traffic pattern" for nickel is relatively simple, and nickel trafficking therefore presents an opportunity to examine a system for the mechanisms that are used to distinguish nickel from other metals. In this review, we describe the details known for examples of uptake permeases, metallochaperones and proteins involved in metallocenter assembly, and nickel metalloregulators. We also illustrate a variety of mechanisms, including molecular recognition in the case of NikA protein and examples of allosteric regulation for HypA, NikR, and RcnR, employed to generate specific biological responses to nickel ions.
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- Khadine A Higgins
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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