| Literature DB >> 15766776 |
Duohong Sheng1, Guanjun Gao, Bing Tian, Zhenjian Xu, Zhiguo Zheng, Yuejin Hua.
Abstract
Deinococcus radiodurans shows remarkable resistance to reactive oxygen species (ROS), generated by irradiation. Disruption of recX (dr1310) in D. radiodurans using targeted mutagenesis method enhanced its ROS scavenging activity, and recX overexpression in this bacterium repressed its antioxidant activity significantly. Further analyses on catalase and superoxide dismutase, two important antioxidant proteins in cells, showed that RecX could repress the induction of antioxidant enzymes, revealing that it negatively regulates the ROS scavenging activity in D. radiodurans.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15766776 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.01.051
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Lett ISSN: 0378-1097 Impact factor: 2.742