The crystal structure of the quorum sensing protein TraR bound to its autoinducer and target DNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4393-4401

  Vannini, Alessandro ^a   Volpari, Cinzia ^a   Gargioli, Cesare ^a   Muraglia, Ester ^a   Cortese, Riccardo ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^a   Neddermann, Petra ^a   Di Marco, Stefania ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; GAF PAS domains; Homoserine lactone; Quorum sensing; TraR

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA BINDING; GENE TARGETING; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMOSERINE; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0037009372     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf459     Document Type: Article

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