Copper ions inhibit pentose phosphate pathway function in Staphylococcus aureus

Javiera Norambuena; Hassan Al-Tameemi; Hannah Bovermann; Jisun Kim; William N. Beavers; Eric P. Skaar; Dane Parker; Jeffrey M. Boyd

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1011393

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Copper ions inhibit pentose phosphate pathway function in Staphylococcus aureus

Javiera Norambuena,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Hassan Al-Tameemi,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Hannah Bovermann,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Jisun Kim,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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William N. Beavers,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Eric P. Skaar,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Dane Parker,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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Jeffrey M. Boyd

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jeffboyd@SEBS.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7721-3926

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Copper ions inhibit pentose phosphate pathway function in Staphylococcus aureus

Javiera Norambuena,
Hassan Al-Tameemi,
Hannah Bovermann,
Jisun Kim,
William N. Beavers,
Eric P. Skaar,
Dane Parker,
Jeffrey M. Boyd

Published: May 26, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011393

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