Proton transfer mechanisms in multi-copper oxidases: studies in CotA-laccase
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CotA of Bacillus subtilis is a copper-dependent laccase.
The spore coat protein CotA of Bacillus subtilis displays similarities with multicopper oxidases, including manganese oxidases and laccases. B. subtilis is able to oxidize manganese, but neither CotA nor other sporulation proteins are involved. We demonstrate that CotA is a laccase. Syringaldazine, a specific substrate of laccases, reacted with wild-type spores but not with DeltacotA spores. Co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0108-7673
DOI: 10.1107/s0108767309096470