CopZ

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  • Description: copper transport protein, metallochaperone

Gene name copZ
Synonyms yvgY
Essential no
Product copper transport protein, metallochaperone
Function resistance to copper
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI 7 kDa, 4.162
Gene length, protein length 207 bp, 69 aa
Immediate neighbours copA, csoR
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YvgY context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, trace metal homeostasis (Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn, Mo), resistance against toxic metals

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CsoR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU33510

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s): carries a tetranuclear Cu(I) cluster (as [Cu4(S-Cys)4(N-His)2] cluster) PubMed
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions: CopA-CopZ, for the transfer of the Cu(I) cluster PubMed
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage

Your additional remarks

References