Structural studies on the full-length LysR-type regulator TsaR from Comamonas testosteroni T-2 reveal a novel open conformation of the tetrameric LTTR fold

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1199-1214

  Monferrer, Dominique ^a   Tralau, Tewes ^b   Kertesz, Michael A ^b,d   Dix, Ina ^c   Solà, Maria ^a   Usón, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CBNR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TETRAMER; TSAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4-TOLUENESULFONIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TSAR PROTEIN, COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONFORMATION; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZENESULFONATES; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77349097619     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07043.x     Document Type: Article

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