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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Copper homeostasis integrates multiple processes from sensing to storage and efflux out of the cell. CopM is a cyanobacterial metallochaperone, the gene for which is located upstream of a two-component system for copper resistance, but the molecular basis for copper recognition by this four-helical bundle protein is unknown. Here, crystal structures of CopM in apo, copper-bound and silver-bound forms are reported. Monovalent copper/silver ions are buried within the bundle core; divalent copper ions are found on the surface of the bundle. The monovalent copper/silver-binding site is constituted by two consecutive histidines and is conserved in a previously functionally unknown protein family. The structural analyses show two conformational states and suggest that flexibility in the first alpha-helix is related to the metallochaperone function. These results also reveal functional diversity from a protein family with a simple four-helical fold.

Structural basis for copper/silver binding by the Synechocystis metallochaperone CopM.,Zhao S, Wang X, Niu G, Dong W, Wang J, Fang Y, Lin Y, Liu L Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2016 Sep;72(Pt 9):997-1005. doi:, 10.1107/S2059798316011943. Epub 2016 Aug 18. PMID:27599732^[1]

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