Karrera Djoko

Employment

• Durham University Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
  2017 - Present
• University of Queensland Research Fellow
  2016 - 2017
• Emory University Visiting Research Fellow
  2015 - 2015
• University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  2009 - 2015

Education

• University of Melbourne PhD (Chemistry)
  2005 - 2009
• Pennsylvania State University University Park BS (Chemistry)
  2001 - 2004

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (27)

• Role of Glutathione in Buffering Excess Intracellular Copper in Streptococcus pyogenes
  mBio 2020 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02804-20
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• Group A Streptococcus co-ordinates manganese import and iron efflux in response to hydrogen peroxide stress
  Biochemical Journal 2019 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20180902
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• Handling of nutrient copper in the bacterial envelope
  Metallomics 2019 DOI: 10.1039/c8mt00218e
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• Copper(II)-bis(thiosemicarbazonato) complexes as anti-chlamydial agents
  Pathogens and Disease 2017 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftx084
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• Interplay between tolerance mechanisms to copper and acid stress in Escherichia coli
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1620232114
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• The PerR-Regulated P 1B-4 -Type ATPase (PmtA) Acts as a Ferrous Iron Efflux Pump in Streptococcus pyogenes
  Infection and Immunity 2017 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00140-17
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• Transition Metal Homeostasis in Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae
  Microbiology of Metal Ions 2017 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.01.002
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• Formaldehyde stress responses in bacterial pathogens
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2016 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00257
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• Structural basis of thiol-based regulation of formaldehyde detoxification in H. influenzae by a MerR regulator with no sensor region
  Nucleic Acids Research 2016 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw543
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• A genetic screen reveals a periplasmic copper chaperone required for nitrite reductase activity in pathogenic Neisseria
  FASEB Journal 2015 DOI: 10.1096/fj.15-270751
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• The Role of Copper and Zinc Toxicity in Innate Immune Defense against Bacterial Pathogens
  The Journal of biological chemistry 2015 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R115.647099
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• Inhibition of respiratory Complex I by copper( ii )-bis(thiosemicarbazonato) complexes
  Metallomics 2014 DOI: 10.1039/c4mt00226a
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• A role for lactate dehydrogenases in the survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes and cervical epithelial cells
  Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu230
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• Antimicrobial effects of copper(ii) bis(thiosemicarbazonato) complexes provide new insight into their biochemical mode of action
  Metallomics 2014 DOI: 10.1039/c3mt00348e
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• A glutathione-dependent detoxification system is required for formaldehyde resistance and optimal survival of neisseria meningitidis in biofilms
  Antioxidants and Redox Signaling 2013 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4749
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• Antimicrobial action of copper is amplified via inhibition of heme biosynthesis
  ACS Chemical Biology 2013 DOI: 10.1021/cb4002443
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• Characterization of an ntrX Mutant of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Reveals a Response Regulator That Controls Expression of Respiratory Enzymes in Oxidase-Positive Proteobacteria
  Journal of Bacteriology 2013 DOI: 10.1128/JB.02062-12
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• Phenotypic characterization of a copA mutant of Neisseria gonorrhoeae identifies a link between copper and nitrosative stress
  Infection and Immunity 2012 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.06163-11
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• A novel nickel responsive MerR-like regulator, NimR, from Haemophilus influenzae
  Metallomics 2011 DOI: 10.1039/c1mt00127b
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• Novel Bacterial MerR-Like Regulators. Their Role in the Response to Carbonyl and Nitrosative Stress.
  Advances in Microbial Physiology 2011 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381043-4.00001-5
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