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Dynamic HypA zinc site is essential for acid viability and proper urease maturation in Helicobacter pylori.
Metallomics : integrated biometal science - 1 Apr 2015
Johnson Ryan C, Hu Heidi Q, Merrell D Scott, Maroney Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori requires urease activity in order to survive in the acid environment of the human stomach. Urease is regulated in part by nickelation, a process that requires the HypA protein, which is a putative nickel metallochaperone that is generally associated with hydrogenase maturation. However, in H. pylori, HypA plays a dual role. In addition to an N-terminal nickel binding site, HypA proteins also...
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