Pb(II)-translocating P-type ATPases

作者：Christopher Rensing, Yan V. Sun, Bharati Mitra, Barry P. Rosen · 发表于：Journal of Biological Chemistry · 年份：1998 · DOI：10.1074/jbc.273.49.32614 · 被引用次数：193 · 研究领域：Trace Elements in Health、Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity、Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

The cad operon of Staphylococcus aureus plasmid pI258, which confers cadmium resistance, encodes a transcriptional regulator, CadC, and CadA, an ATP-coupled Cd(II) pump that is a member of the superfamily of cation-translocating P-type ATPases. The Escherichia coli homologue of CadA, termed ZntA, is a Zn(II)/Cd(II) pump. The results described in this paper support the hypothesis that ZntA and CadA are Pb(II) pumps. First, CadC is a metal-responsive repressor that responds to soft metals in the order Pb>Cd>Zn. Second, both CadA and ZntA confer resistance to Pb(II). Third, transport of 65Zn(II) in everted membrane vesicles of E. coli catalyzed by either of these two P-type ATPase superfamily members is inhibited by Pb(II).