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Evidence for a novel role of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase in zinc metabolism.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Nov 2001
Wei J P, Srinivasan C, Han H, Valentine J S, Gralla E B
Abstract excerpt
The LYS7 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a protein (yCCS) that delivers copper to the active site of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD, a product of the SOD1 gene). In yeast lacking Lys7 (lys7Delta), the SOD1 polypeptide is present but inactive. Mutants lacking the SOD1 polypeptide (sod1Delta) and lys7Delta yeast show very similar phenotypes, namely poor growth in air and aerobic auxotrophies...
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