Transition metals are essential for metalloprotein function among all domains of life.
Humans utilize nutritional immunity to limit bacterial infections, employing metalloproteins …

The bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea.
N. gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen that colonizes mucosal surfaces of the …

Transition metals are essential nutrients for all organisms and important players in the host–
microbe interaction. During bacterial infection, a tug-of-war between the host and microbe …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a strict human pathogen that causes the sexually transmitted
infection termed gonorrhea. The gonococcus can survive extracellularly and intracellularly …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are human-specific pathogens in the
Neisseriaceae family that can cause devastating diseases. Although both species inhabit …

Trace metals such as iron and zinc are vital nutrients known to play key roles in prokaryotic
processes including gene regulation, catalysis, and protein structure. Metal sequestration by …

Iron is an essential nutrient that is sequestered by iron-binding proteins in the human host
resulting in a hostile environment for microbes. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, however, can utilize …

Neisseria gonowhoeae has evolved a repertoire of high-affinity iron acquisition systems to
facilitate essential iron uptake in the human host. Acquisition of iron requires both the energy …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae has evolved a repertoire of iron acquisition systems that facilitate
essential iron uptake in the human host. Acquisition of iron requires both the energy …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea, which
afflicts over 80 million people each year. No vaccine is available to prevent gonorrhea. The …