Iron binding at specific sites within the octameric HbpS protects streptomycetes from iron-mediated oxidative stress.

The soil bacterium Streptomyces reticuli secretes the octameric protein HbpS that acts as a sensory component of the redox-signalling pathway HbpS-SenS-SenR. This system modulates a genetic response on iron- and haem-mediated oxidative stress. Moreover, HbpS alone provides this bacterium with a defe...

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Main Authors: Ina Wedderhoff, Inari Kursula, Matthew R Groves, Darío Ortiz de Orué Lucana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3754957?pdf=render