A metal-ligand-mediated intersubunit allosteric switch in related SmtB/ ArsR zinc sensor proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 683-695

  Eicken, Christoph ^a,b   Pennella, Mario A ^a   Chen, Xiaohua ^a   Koshlap, Karl M ^a   VanZile, Michael L ^a   Sacchettini, James C ^a   Giedroc, David P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostery; Histidine; Metal sensing; Transcriptional regulation; X ray structure; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN CZRA; PROTEIN SMTB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA BINDING; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENSOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0142011072     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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