Predicting metals sensed by ArsR-SmtB repressors: Allosteric interference by a non-effector metal

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1341-1356

  Harvie, Duncan R ^a   Andreini, Claudia ^b   Cavallaro, Gabriele ^b   Meng, Wenmao ^a   Connolly, Bernard A ^a   Yoshida, Ken Ichi ^c   Fujita, Yasutaro ^d   Harwood, Colin R ^a   Radford, David S ^e   Tottey, Stephen ^a   Cavet, Jennifer S ^e   Robinson, Nigel J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CUPRIC ION; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ARSR SMTB REPRESSOR; PROTEIN ASER; PROTEIN CZRA; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALLOSTERISM; ALPHA HELIX; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARSENITES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZINC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645049326     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05029.x     Document Type: Article

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