The gene (sipA) encoding the sulfur-induced protein A (PF2025) is highly upregulated during growth of Pyrococcus furiosus on elemental sulfur (S0). Expression of sipA is regulated by sulfide, the product of S0 reduction, but in an iron-dependent manner. SipA is proposed to play a role in intracellular iron sulfide detoxification.
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