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Cus cation efflux complex

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Transmembrane complex that mediates resistance to copper and silver by cation efflux directly from the cell using the proton-motive force. Spans the inner membrane, periplasm, and outer membrane. Primarily activated under anaerobic conditions by CusR and CusS but also expressed under extreme copper stress, in aerobic growth. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23122209 ]

Term info

Label

Cus cation efflux complex

Synonyms
  • Cus cation efflux system
database cross reference
comment

An example of this is CusA in E. coli (UniProt symbol P38054) in PMID:23122209.

creation date

2014-06-11T08:51:48Z

has narrow synonym

copper efflux complex, silver efflux system, silver efflux complex, copper efflux system

has obo namespace

cellular_component

id

GO:1990398