Crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis LrpA, a leucine-responsive global regulator associated with starvation response

Protein Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-170

  Reddy, Manchi C M ^a   Gokulan, Kuppan ^a   Jacobs Jr , William R ^b   Ioerger, Thomas R ^a   Sacchettini, James C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; EMSA; HTH motif; lat gene; LrpA; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; LRPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HOMEOSTASIS; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 37549043124     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.073192208     Document Type: Article

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