Crystal structure of the DNA-binding domain of the LysR-type transcriptional regulator CbnR in complex with a DNA fragment of the recognition-binding site in the promoter region

FEBS Journal

Volumn 285, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 977-989

  Koentjoro, Maharani Pertiwi ^a   Adachi, Naruhiko ^b,c,d   Senda, Miki ^b   Ogawa, Naoto ^a,e   Senda, Toshiya ^b,c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacteria; CbnR; LysR type transcriptional regulator; transcription; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BENM PROTEIN; CBNR PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CBNA GENE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85041086790     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.14380     Document Type: Article

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