pH-dependent autocleavage of λ repressor occurs in the operator-bound form: Characterization of λ repressor autocleavage

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Ghosh, Kaushik ^a   Pal, Atasi ^a   Chattopadhyaya, Rajagopal ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

repressor autocleavage; Covalent modification by inhibitor; Gene regulation; Operator binding and repressor function; Self proteolysis; trans cleavage

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; PH EFFECTS; RATE CONSTANTS;

AUTOCLEAVAGE; COVALENT MODIFICATION; LYTIC PATHWAY; OPERATOR-BOUND STATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEIN; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SERINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRANS ISOMER;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TOSYL COMPOUNDS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 2342534402     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031834     Document Type: Article

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