Copper homeostasis is achieved in bacteria through a combination of copper chaperones and transporting and chelating proteins. Bioinformatic analyses were used to identify which of these proteins are present in Deltaproteobacteria. The genetic environment of the bacteria is affected by its lifestyle, as those that live in higher concentrations of copper have more of these proteins. Two major transport proteins, CopA and CusC, were found to cluster together frequently in the genomes and appear integral to copper homeostasis in Deltaproteobacteria.

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Creator

• McCann, Courtney Jeanne

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-112513-020721

Advisor

• Argüello, José M.

Year

• 2013

Date created

• 2013-11-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biochemistry

Rights statement

• In Copyright