MlcR, a zinc cluster activator protein, is able to bind to a single (A/T)CGG site of cognate asymmetric motifs in the ML-236B (compactin) biosynthetic gene cluster

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 281, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 627-634

  Baba, Satoshi ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroshi ^a   Hosobuchi, Masahiko ^b   Nihira, Takuya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct repeat; Penicillium citrinum; Transcriptional activator; Zinc cluster

Indexed keywords

COMPACTIN; MLCR PROTEIN; MONOMER; SPACER DNA; SYNTHETIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MEVINOLIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GEL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM CITRINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

PENICILLIUM CITRINUM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; LOVASTATIN; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PENICILLIUM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 67449141606     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-009-0435-9     Document Type: Article

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