HutC/FarR-like bacterial transcription factors of the GntR family contain a small molecule-binding domain of the chorismate lyase fold

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Aravind, L ^a   Anantharaman, Vivek ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Active site; Chorismate lyase; Fold prediction; GntR; Helix turn helix domain; Ligand binding; Sequence profile analysis; Transcription regulator

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHOSPHONATE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHORISMATE LYASE; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID REGULON REGULATOR LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE UTILIZATION OPERON REGULATOR LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LYASE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EURYARCHAEOTA; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038664315     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00242-8     Document Type: Article

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