Crystal structure of a cobalt-activated diphtheria toxin repressor-DNA complex reveals a metal-binding SH3-like domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 653-667

  Pohl, Ehmke ^c   Holmes, Randall K ^b   Hol, Wim G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Crystal structure; DtxR; Iron dependent regulator; Protein DNA complex

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DIMER; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON TRANSPORT; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

EID: 0000868851     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3073     Document Type: Article

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