CopZ

• Description: copper transport protein, metallochaperone
  
  

Gene name	copZ
Synonyms	yvgY
Essential	no
Product	copper transport protein, metallochaperone
Function	resistance to copper
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: copZ
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: CopZ
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI	7 kDa, 4.162
Gene length, protein length	207 bp, 69 aa
Immediate neighbours	copA, csoR
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, trace metal homeostasis (Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn, Mo), resistance against toxic metals

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CsoR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33510

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): carries a tetranuclear Cu(I) cluster (as [Cu4(S-Cys)4(N-His)2] cluster) PubMed

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • CopA-CopZ, for the transfer of the Cu(I) cluster PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 2QIF

• UniProt: O32221

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: copZ-copA PubMed

• Expression browser: copZ PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed
• Regulation:
  • induced by copper (CsoR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CsoR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage

References

Reviews

Amie K Boal, Amy C Rosenzweig
Structural biology of copper trafficking.
Chem Rev: 2009, 109(10);4760-79
[PubMed:19824702] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)