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Periplasmic superoxide dismutase protects Salmonella from products of phagocyte NADPH-oxidase and nitric oxide synthase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Dec 1997
De Groote M A, Ochsner U A, Shiloh M U, Nathan C, McCord J M, Dinauer M C, Libby S J, Vazquez-Torres A, Xu Y, Fang F C
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Superoxide dismutase (SOD) catalyzes the conversion of superoxide radical to hydrogen peroxide. Periplasmic localization of bacterial Cu,Zn-SOD has suggested a role of this enzyme in defense against extracellular phagocyte-derived reactive oxygen species. Sequence analysis of regions flanking the Salmonella typhimurium sodC gene encoding Cu,Zn-SOD demonstrates significant homology to lambda phage proteins,...
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