MicrobiologybioRxiv
Cysteine Mutants of the Major Facilitator Superfamily-Type Transporter CcoA Provide insight into Copper Import
K.-H. Bahia, T. Petru-Iulian, S. Stefan…·F. Daldal
This study identifies key residues in CcoA, a bacterial copper importer, showing that disulfide bonds formed by periplasm-exposed cysteines are important for its function in copper import.
DOI 10.1128/mbio.01567-21