Guengerich F Peter
From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
J Biol Chem. 2015 Jul 31;290(31):18943-4. doi: 10.1074/jbc.R115.670265. Epub 2015 Jun 8.
This seventh Metals in Biology Thematic Series deals with the metal-based interactions of mammalian hosts with pathogens. Both pathogens and hosts have complex regulatory systems for metal homeostasis. Understanding these provides strategies for fighting pathogens, either by excluding essential metals from the microbes, by delivery of excess metals to cause toxicity, or by complexing metals in microorganisms. Intervention is possible by delivery of complexing reagents or by targeting the microbial regulatory apparatus.
本期《生物学中的金属》主题系列的第七期探讨了哺乳动物宿主与病原体之间基于金属的相互作用。病原体和宿主都拥有复杂的金属稳态调节系统。了解这些系统可为对抗病原体提供策略,方法包括从微生物中排除必需金属、输送过量金属以产生毒性,或使微生物中的金属络合。通过递送络合试剂或靶向微生物调节机制都有可能实现干预。