Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
J Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Oct;2(5):234-6. doi: 10.1093/jmcb/mjp044. Epub 2010 Jan 19.
Homologs to mammalian nitric oxide synthases are found in many mostly Gram-positive bacteria. In some genera such as bacilli, and staphylococci, these enzymes produce protects against oxidative damage, this effect has now been shown to provide an advantage against antibiotics that kill by increasing cellular levels of reactive oxygen species.
在许多大多数革兰氏阳性菌中发现了与哺乳动物一氧化氮合酶同源的酶。在某些属中,如芽孢杆菌和葡萄球菌,这些酶可以产生抗氧化损伤的保护作用,现在已经证明这种作用可以提供对抗通过增加细胞内活性氧水平而杀死的抗生素的优势。