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A physiological role for Saccharomyces cerevisiae copper/zinc superoxide dismutase in copper buffering.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Dec 1995
Culotta V C, Joh H D, Lin S J, Slekar K H, Strain J
Abstract excerpt
The copper toxicity of yeast lacking the CUP1 metallothionein is suppressed by overexpression of the CRS4 gene. We now demonstrate that CRS4 is equivalent to SOD1, encoding copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD). While overexpression of SOD1 enhanced copper resistance, a deletion of SOD1, but not SOD2 (encoding manganese SOD), conferred an increased sensitivity toward copper. This role of SOD1 in copper buffering...
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