mBio (Feb 2021)

A Trap-Door Mechanism for Zinc Acquisition by <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> AdcA

  • Zhenyao Luo,
  • Jacqueline R. Morey,
  • Evelyne Deplazes,
  • Alina Motygullina,
  • Aimee Tan,
  • Katherine Ganio,
  • Stephanie L. Neville,
  • Nikolaos Eleftheriadis,
  • Michael Isselstein,
  • Victoria G. Pederick,
  • James C. Paton,
  • Thorben Cordes,
  • Jeffrey R. Harmer,
  • Bostjan Kobe,
  • Christopher A. McDevitt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01958-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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Zinc is an essential nutrient for the virulence of bacterial pathogens such as Streptococcus pneumoniae