Advances in the molecular understanding of biological zinc transport

Mitochondrial and ER-Targeted eCALWY Probes Reveal High Levels of Free Zn2+

(2014) Pauline Chabosseau et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Recent developments in copper and zinc homeostasis in bacterial pathogens

(2014) Joseph J Braymer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

In vivo-folded metal-metallothionein 3 complexes reveal the Cu-thionein rather than Zn-thionein character of this brain-specific mammalian metallothionein

(2014) Ester Artells et al.   FEBS Journal

Zinc'ing sensibly: controlling zinc homeostasis at the transcriptional level

(2014) Sangyong Choi et al.   Metallomics

Identification of major zinc-binding proteins from a marine cyanobacterium: insight into metal uptake in oligotrophic environments

(2014) James Paul Barnett et al.   Metallomics

Structure and mechanism of Zn2+-transporting P-type ATPases

(2014) Kaituo Wang et al.   NATURE

Loss-of-function mutations in SLC30A8 protect against type 2 diabetes

(2014) Jason Flannick et al.   NATURE GENETICS

De novo design of a transmembrane Zn2+-transporting four-helix bundle

(2014) Nathan H. Joh et al.   SCIENCE

Structure and Operation of Bacterial Tripartite Pumps

(2013) Philip Hinchliffe et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Functional characterization of the twin ZIP/SLC39 metal transporters, NpunF3111 and NpunF2202 in Nostoc punctiforme

(2013) L. Hudek et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Single-Domain Metallothioneins: Evidence of the Onset of Clustered Metal Binding Domains in Zn-rhMT 1a

(2013) Kelly L. Summers et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Metal Binding Properties of Escherichia coli YjiA, a Member of the Metal Homeostasis-Associated COG0523 Family of GTPases

(2013) Andrew M. Sydor et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Allosteric modulation of zinc speciation by fatty acids

(2013) James P. Barnett et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

The Salmonella enterica ZinT structure, zinc affinity and interaction with the high-affinity uptake protein ZnuA provide insight into the management of periplasmic zinc

(2013) Andrea Ilari et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Specific metal ion binding sites in unstructured regions of proteins

(2013) Henryk Kozlowski et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Chelators for investigating zinc metalloneurochemistry

(2013) Robert J Radford et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Sulfide ions as modulators of metal–thiolate cluster size in a plant metallothionein

(2013) Tamara Huber et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Impact of Zinc Metabolism on Innate Immune Function in the Setting of Sepsis

(2013) Daren L. Knoell et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR VITAMIN AND NUTRITION RESEARCH

Lessons on the critical interplay between zinc binding and protein structure and dynamics

(2013) Claudia A. Blindauer   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

The extracellular loop of IRT1 ZIP protein — the chosen one for zinc?

(2013) Slawomir Potocki et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

Crystal Structures of CusC Review Conformational Changes Accompanying Folding and Transmembrane Channel Formation

(2013) Hsiang-Ting Lei et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Model of how plants sense zinc deficiency

(2013) Ana G. L. Assunção et al.   Metallomics

Ternary complex formation and competition quench fluorescence of ZnAF family zinc sensors

(2013) Anna Staszewska et al.   Metallomics

Histidine-rich proteins in prokaryotes: metal homeostasis and environmental habitat-related occurrence

(2013) Tianfan Cheng et al.   Metallomics

Metal ion release from metallothioneins: proteolysis as an alternative to oxidation

(2013) Estevão A. Peroza et al.   Metallomics

The BaeSR regulon is involved in defense against zinc toxicity in E. coli

(2013) Da Wang et al.   Metallomics

Diversity and distribution of plant metallothioneins: a review of structure, properties and functions

(2013) Oksana I. Leszczyszyn et al.   Metallomics

The ZupT transporter plays an important role in zinc homeostasis and contributes to Salmonella enterica virulence

(2013) Mauro Cerasi et al.   Metallomics

The SLC39 family of zinc transporters

(2013) Jeeyon Jeong et al.   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

The SLC30 family of zinc transporters – A review of current understanding of their biological and pathophysiological roles

(2013) Liping Huang et al.   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

The role of zinc in the interplay between pathogenic streptococci and their hosts

(2013) Sulman Shafeeq et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Solution Structure of the Circular γ-Domain Analog from the Wheat Metallothionein Ec-1

(2013) Katsiaryna Tarasava et al.   MOLECULES

Copper-transporting P-type ATPases use a unique ion-release pathway

(2013) Magnus Andersson et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Transporter Classification Database

(2013) Milton H. Saier et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Zinc, pancreatic islet cell function and diabetes: new insights into an old story

(2013) Fabrice Chimienti   NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS

Structures of intermediate transport states of ZneA, a Zn(II)/proton antiporter

(2013) J. E. Pak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reaction-based fluorescent sensor for investigating mobile Zn2+ in mitochondria of healthy versus cancerous prostate cells

(2013) W. Chyan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inward-facing conformation of the zinc transporter YiiP revealed by cryoelectron microscopy

(2013) N. Coudray et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Human Zinc Deficiency: Discovery to Initial Translation

(2013) Harold H. Sandstead   Advances in Nutrition

Zinc Biochemistry: From a Single Zinc Enzyme to a Key Element of Life

(2013) Wolfgang Maret   Advances in Nutrition

Discovery of Human Zinc Deficiency: Its Impact on Human Health and Disease

(2013) Ananda S. Prasad   Advances in Nutrition

Iron, copper, zinc, and manganese transport and regulation in pathogenic Enterobacteria: correlations between strains, site of infection and the relative importance of the different metal transport systems for virulence

(2013) Gaëlle Porcheron et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Inhibition of anthrax lethal factor: lability of hydroxamate as a chelating group

(2012) Feng Li et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Human ZIP4 Transporter Has Two Distinct Binding Affinities and Mediates Transport of Multiple Transition Metals

(2012) Sagar Antala et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Rapid Exchange of Metal between Zn7–Metallothionein-3 and Amyloid-β Peptide Promotes Amyloid-Related Structural Changes

(2012) Jeppe T. Pedersen et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Noncooperative Metalation of Metallothionein 1a and Its Isolated Domains with Zinc

(2012) Duncan E. K. Sutherland et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

A tetrahedral coordination of Zinc during transmembrane transport by P-type Zn2+-ATPases

(2012) Daniel Raimunda et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The taste of heavy metals: Gene regulation by MTF-1

(2012) Viola Günther et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Heterologous production and functional and thermodynamic characterization of cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) transporters of mesophilic and hyperthermophilic origin

(2012) Devrishi Goswami et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization of the role of metallothionein-3 in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease

(2012) Yasmina Manso et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

The Catalytic Redox Activity of Prion Protein-CuII is Controlled by Metal Exchange with the ZnII-Thiolate Clusters of Zn7Metallothionein-3

(2012) Gabriele Meloni et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Metal ions as modulators of protein conformation and misfolding in neurodegeneration

(2012) Sónia S. Leal et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Affinity of copper and zinc ions to proteins and peptides related to neurodegenerative conditions (Aβ, APP, α-synuclein, PrP)

(2012) Izabela Zawisza et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Copper, zinc and iron in neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases)

(2012) Henryk Kozlowski et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

The effect of zinc limitation on the transcriptome ofPseudomonas protegens Pf-5

(2012) Chee Kent Lim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Amino acid screening based on structural modeling identifies critical residues for the function, ion selectivity and structure of Arabidopsis MTP1

(2012) Miki Kawachi et al.   FEBS Journal

Evidence for zinc and cadmium binding in a CDF transporter lacking the cytoplasmic domain

(2012) David Russell et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Metallostasis in Alzheimer's disease

(2012) Scott Ayton et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Reaction of Metal-Binding Ligands with the Zinc Proteome: Zinc Sensors and N,N,N′,N′-Tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine

(2012) Jeffrey W. Meeusen et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Zinc Starvation Response in a Cyanobacterium Revealed

(2012) D. H. Nies   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of the Response to Zinc Deficiency in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

(2012) M. Napolitano et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Quantitative imaging of mitochondrial and cytosolic free zinc levels in an in vitro model of ischemia/reperfusion

(2012) Bryan J. McCranor et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMEMBRANES

Metal Transport across Biomembranes: Emerging Models for a Distinct Chemistry

(2012) José M. Argüello et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification of the Human Zinc Transcriptional Regulatory Element (ZTRE)

(2012) Lisa J. Coneyworth et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Dominant Negative Heterozygous G87R Mutation in the Zinc Transporter, ZnT-2 (SLC30A2), Results in Transient Neonatal Zinc Deficiency

(2012) Inbal Lasry et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

ZntR-mediated transcription of zntA responds to nanomolar intracellular free zinc

(2012) Da Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

Fluorescence ratiometric zinc sensors based on controlled energy transfer

(2012) Hana Woo et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

YeiR: a metal-binding GTPase from Escherichia coli involved in metal homeostasis

(2012) Crysten E. Blaby-Haas et al.   Metallomics

Structure of AMP-PNP-bound vitamin B12 transporter BtuCD–F

(2012) Vladimir M. Korkhov et al.   NATURE

Structure and mechanism of the tripartite CusCBA heavy-metal efflux complex

(2012) F. Long et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Transcriptional Regulator CzcR Modulates Antibiotic Resistance and Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2012) Guennaëlle Dieppois et al.   PLoS One

Histidine pairing at the metal transport site of mammalian ZnT transporters controls Zn2+ over Cd2+ selectivity

(2012) E. Hoch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Turning Up The Heat: Immune Brinksmanship In The Acute-phase Response

(2012) Edmund Kenwood LeGrand et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Polyhistidine triad proteins of pathogenic streptococci

(2012) Charles D. Plumptre et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of an Acinetobacter baumannii Zinc Acquisition System that Facilitates Resistance to Calprotectin-mediated Zinc Sequestration

(2012) M. Indriati Hood et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Mining Genomes of Marine Cyanobacteria for Elements of Zinc Homeostasis

(2012) James P. Barnett et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Zinc Sparks Are Triggered by Fertilization and Facilitate Cell Cycle Resumption in Mammalian Eggs

(2011) Alison M. Kim et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Metal site occupancy and allosteric switching in bacterial metal sensor proteins

(2011) Alfredo J. Guerra et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

ZraP is a periplasmic molecular chaperone and a repressor of the zinc-responsive two-component regulator ZraSR

(2011) Corinne Appia-Ayme et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Metals on the move: zinc ions in cellular regulation and in the coordination dynamics of zinc proteins

(2011) Wolfgang Maret   BIOMETALS

Metalloregulatory proteins: Metal selectivity and allosteric switching

(2011) Hermes Reyes-Caballero et al.   BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

An Overview of a Wide Range of Functions of ZnT and Zip Zinc Transporters in the Secretory Pathway

(2011) Taiho KAMBE   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Promiscuity and preferences of metallothioneins: the cell rules

(2011) Andrew W Foster et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

State-of-the-art of metallothioneins at the beginning of the 21st century

(2011) M. Capdevila et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Redox activity of α-synuclein–Cu is silenced by Zn7-metallothionein-3

(2011) Gabriele Meloni et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

TSQ (6-Methoxy-8-p-Toluenesulfonamido-Quinoline), a Common Fluorescent Sensor for Cellular Zinc, Images Zinc Proteins

(2011) Jeffrey W. Meeusen et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Reactions of the Fluorescent Sensor, Zinquin, with the Zinc-Proteome: Adduct Formation and Ligand Substitution

(2011) Andrew B. Nowakowski et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Switch or Funnel: How RND-Type Transport Systems Control Periplasmic Metal Homeostasis

(2011) E.-H. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Metal Selectivity Determinants in a Family of Transition Metal Transporters

(2011) Dorina Podar et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Protein and metal cluster structure of the wheat metallothionein domain γ-Ec-1: the second part of the puzzle

(2011) Jens Loebus et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Structural features specific to plant metallothioneins

(2011) Eva Freisinger   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Metallothioneins: chemical and biological challenges

(2011) M. Vašák   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Zn- and Cu-thioneins: a functional classification for metallothioneins?

(2011) Òscar Palacios et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Zinc homeostasis and signaling in health and diseases

(2011) Toshiyuki Fukada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Bacterial metallothioneins: past, present, and questions for the future

(2011) Claudia A. Blindauer   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Characterization of Zn(II)-responsive ribosomal proteins YkgM and L31 in E. coli

(2011) M. Patrick Hensley et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

New perspectives of zinc coordination environments in proteins

(2011) Wolfgang Maret   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

The X-ray Structure of the Zinc Transporter ZnuA from Salmonella enterica Discloses a Unique Triad of Zinc-Coordinating Histidines

(2011) Andrea Ilari et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Bacterial ATP-driven transporters of transition metals: physiological roles, mechanisms of action, and roles in bacterial virulence

(2011) Joshua S. Klein et al.   Metallomics

Exploring the microbial metalloproteome using MIRAGE

(2011) Ana-Maria Sevcenco et al.   Metallomics

C. elegans metallothioneins: response to and defence against ROS toxicity

(2011) Sukaina Zeitoun-Ghandour et al.   Molecular BioSystems

Zinc uptake by Streptococcus pneumoniae depends on both AdcA and AdcAII and is essential for normal bacterial morphology and virulence

(2011) Lucie Bayle et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Zinc and its role in age-related inflammation and immune dysfunction

(2011) Carmen P. Wong et al.   MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH

Crystal structure of the CusBA heavy-metal efflux complex of Escherichia coli

(2011) Chih-Chia Su et al.   NATURE

Crystal structure of a copper-transporting PIB-type ATPase

(2011) Pontus Gourdon et al.   NATURE

Iron conservation by reduction of metalloenzyme inventories in the marine diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii

(2011) M. A. Saito et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

X-Ray Crystallography and Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Studies of the Salmonella Zinc Transporter ZntB

(2011) Qun Wan et al.   STRUCTURE

The Architecture of CopA from Archeaoglobus fulgidus Studied by Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Computational Docking

(2011) Gregory S. Allen et al.   STRUCTURE

Towards an Elucidation of the Roles of the Ribosome during Different Growth Phases inBacillus subtilis

(2010) Hideaki NANAMIYA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Tools for metal ion sorting: in vitro evidence for partitioning of zinc and cadmium in C. elegans metallothionein isoforms

(2010) Oksana I. Leszczyszyn et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Free zinc ions outside a narrow concentration range are toxic to a variety of cells in vitro

(2010) Rebecca A Bozym et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

The two Caenorhabditis elegans metallothioneins (CeMT-1 and CeMT-2) discriminate between essential zinc and toxic cadmium

(2010) Sukaina Zeitoun-Ghandour et al.   FEBS Journal

Mechanism of Cadmium Ion Substitution in Mammalian Zinc Metallothionein and Metallothionein α Domain: Kinetic and Structural Studies

(2010) John Ejnik et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The Zur-Regulated ZinT Protein Is an Auxiliary Component of the High-Affinity ZnuABC Zinc Transporter That Facilitates Metal Recruitment during Severe Zinc Shortage

(2010) P. Petrarca et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Combined Zinc/Cadmium Sensor and Zinc/Cadmium Export Regulator in a Heavy Metal Pump

(2010) Lone Bækgaard et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Selective Electrodiffusion of Zinc Ions in a Zrt-, Irt-like Protein, ZIPB

(2010) Wei Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Zinc release of Zn7-metallothionein-3 induces fibrillar type amyloid-β aggregates

(2010) Jade Durand et al.   Metallomics

Cytosolic metal handling in plants: determinants for zinc specificity in metal transporters and metallothioneins

(2010) Claudia A. Blindauer et al.   Metallomics

Cytosolic zinc buffering and muffling: Their role in intracellular zinc homeostasis

(2010) Robert A. Colvin et al.   Metallomics

The isolated Cys2His2 site in EC metallothionein mediates metal-specific protein folding

(2010) Oksana Iryna Leszczyszyn et al.   Molecular BioSystems

The challenges of determining metal–protein affinities

(2010) Zhiguang Xiao et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Metallothioneins: unparalleled diversity in structures and functions for metal ion homeostasis and more

(2010) Claudia A. Blindauer et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Bacterial metal-sensing proteins exemplified by ArsR–SmtB family repressors

(2010) Deenah Osman et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Crystal structures of the CusA efflux pump suggest methionine-mediated metal transport

(2010) Feng Long et al.   NATURE

Zinc transfer from the embryo-specific metallothionein EC from wheat: a case study

(2010) Oksana I. Leszczyszyn et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Metal-induced conformational changes in ZneB suggest an active role of membrane fusion proteins in efflux resistance systems

(2010) F. De Angelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Family reunion – The ZIP/prion gene family

(2010) Sepehr Ehsani et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

FINDSITE-metal: Integrating evolutionary information and machine learning for structure-based metal-binding site prediction at the proteome level

(2010) Michal Brylinski et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

An Outer Membrane Receptor of Neisseria meningitidis Involved in Zinc Acquisition with Vaccine Potential

(2010) Michiel Stork et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Metalloproteomes: A Bioinformatic Approach

(2009) Claudia Andreini et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Functional Significance of Zinc-Related Signaling Pathways in Immune Cells

(2009) Hajo Haase et al.   Annual Review of Nutrition

Metal Binding Affinities ofArabidopsisZinc and Copper Transporters: Selectivities Match the Relative, but Not the Absolute, Affinities of their Amino-Terminal Domains,

(2009) Matthias Zimmermann et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structural Adaptability of Zinc Binding Sites: Different Structures in Partially, Fully, and Heavy-Metal Loaded States

(2009) Uwe Heinz et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Zinc: role in immunity, oxidative stress and chronic inflammation

(2009) Ananda S Prasad   CURRENT OPINION IN CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLIC CARE

Caenorhabditis elegans metallothionein isoform specificity - metal binding abilities and the role of histidine in CeMT1 and CeMT2

(2009) Roger Bofill et al.   FEBS Journal

The Metal Homeostasis Protein, Lsp, of Streptococcus pyogenes Is Necessary for Acquisition of Zinc and Virulence

(2009) B. F. Weston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Identification of the Zn2+Binding Site and Mode of Operation of a Mammalian Zn2+Transporter

(2009) Ehud Ohana et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Severe Zinc Depletion ofEscherichia coli

(2009) Alison I. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

NMR structural analysis of the soluble domain of ZiaA-ATPase and the basis of selective interactions with copper metallochaperone Atx1

(2009) Lucia Banci et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The important role of the apoptotic effects of zinc in the development of cancers

(2009) Renty B. Franklin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Reaction of the zinc sensor FluoZin-3 with Zn7-metallothionein: Inquiry into the existence of a proposed weak binding site

(2009) Mohammad Ali Namdarghanbari et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

The βE-Domain of Wheat Ec-1 Metallothionein: A Metal-Binding Domain with a Distinctive Structure

(2009) Estevão A. Peroza et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Energetics of Allosteric Negative Coupling in the Zinc SensorS. aureusCzrA

(2009) Nicholas E. Grossoehme et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enrichment of fertilizers with zinc: An excellent investment for humanity and crop production in India

(2009) Ismail Cakmak   JOURNAL OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

The plant metallothionein 2 from Cicer arietinum forms a single metal–thiolate cluster

(2009) Xiaoqiong Wan et al.   Metallomics

Independent metal-binding features of recombinant metallothioneins convergently draw a step gradation between Zn- and Cu-thioneins

(2009) Roger Bofill et al.   Metallomics

Metalloproteins and metal sensing

(2009) Kevin J. Waldron et al.   NATURE

Structural basis for autoregulation of the zinc transporter YiiP

(2009) Min Lu et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Zinc in Cancer Prevention

(2009) Ananda S. Prasad et al.   NUTRITION AND CANCER-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

Structure and electrostatic property of cytoplasmic domain of ZntB transporter

(2009) Kemin Tan et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Zinc: The brain's dark horse

(2009) Byron K.Y. Bitanihirwe et al.   SYNAPSE

ABC transporters: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

(2009) Peter M. Jones et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Intracellular zinc homeostasis and zinc signaling

(2008) Masaaki Murakami et al.   CANCER SCIENCE

Zinc-Handling in Cyanobacteria: An Update

(2008) Claudia A. Blindauer   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

Plant MTs—long neglected members of the metallothionein superfamily

(2008) Eva Freisinger   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Pneumococcal histidine triad proteins are regulated by the Zn2+-dependent repressor AdcR and inhibit complement deposition through the recruitment of complement factor H

(2008) Abiodun D. Ogunniyi et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Metal exchange in metallothioneins - a novel structurally significant Cd5 species in the alpha domain of human metallothionein 1a

(2008) Kelly E. Rigby Duncan et al.   FEBS Journal

Spectroscopic characterization of Cicer arietinum metallothionein 1

(2008) Oliver Schicht et al.   INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA

Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis yciC Gene and Insights into the DNA-Binding Specificity of the Zinc-Sensing Metalloregulator Zur

(2008) S. E. Gabriel et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The two distinctive metal ion binding domains of the wheat metallothionein Ec-1

(2008) Estevão A. Peroza et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

AdcAII, A New Pneumococcal Zn-Binding Protein Homologous with ABC Transporters: Biochemical and Structural Analysis

(2008) Elodie Loisel et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Protein-folding location can regulate manganese-binding versus copper- or zinc-binding

(2008) Steve Tottey et al.   NATURE

Metal swap between Zn7-metallothionein-3 and amyloid-β–Cu protects against amyloid-β toxicity

(2008) Gabriele Meloni et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

How do bacterial cells ensure that metalloproteins get the correct metal?

(2008) Kevin J. Waldron et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Metal Chelation and Inhibition of Bacterial Growth in Tissue Abscesses

(2008) Brian D. Corbin et al.   SCIENCE

Insights into the Mode of Action of a Putative Zinc Transporter CzrB in Thermus thermophilus

(2008) Vadim Cherezov et al.   STRUCTURE

Cd2+ versus Zn2+ uptake by the ZIP8 HCO3--dependent symporter: Kinetics, electrogenicity and trafficking

(2007) Zhiwei Liu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Metallothioneins with unusual residues: Histidines as modulators of zinc affinity and reactivity

(2007) Claudia A. Blindauer   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY