The metalloregulatory zinc site in streptococcus pneumoniae AdcR, a Zinc-activated MarR family repressor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 403, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-216

  Reyes Caballero, Hermes ^a,b   Guerra, Alfredo J ^a   Jacobsen, Faith E ^a   Kazmierczak, Krystyna M ^a   Cowart, Darin ^c   Koppolu, Uma Mahendra Kumar ^c   Scott, Robert A ^c   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a   Giedroc, David P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogen; Metalloregulation; Zinc homeostasis; Zinc sensor; Zinc activated repressor

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ZINC; BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL SURFACE; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

EID: 77957233008     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.030     Document Type: Article

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