Metal cofactors are an essential part of many proteins. But how is the right choice of metal made? For bacteria, one answer is to change the cellular compartment where cofactor insertion occurs.
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Berks, B. Cells enforce an ion curtain. Nature 455, 1043–1044 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/4551043a
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