A novel iron‐ and copper‐binding protein in the L yme disease spirochaete

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Iron and copper are transition metals that can be toxic to cells due to their abilities to react with peroxide to generate hydroxyl radical. Ferritins and metallothioneins are known to sequester intracellular iron and copper respectively. The Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi does not require iron, but its genome encodes a ferritin-like Dps (DNA-binding protein from starved bacteria) molecule, which has...

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