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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2011

Active role of the interdomain linker of AraC.

Jennifer Seedorff, Robert Schleif

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer SeedorffBiology Department, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Robert Schleif
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF THE E COLI ARABINOSE OPERONR37GM018277 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SCHLEIF, ROBERT F. · 1994 to 2004
$2.3M
REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF THE E COLI ARABINOSE OPERONR01GM018277 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SCHLEIF, ROBERT F. · 1985 to 2009
$2.2M
BIOPHYSICS OF THE NUCLEOPROTEIN ACCESSORY PROTEIN NHP6AF32GM018277 · NIGMS · FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER · PI KATZ, DARIN S · 1996 to 1997
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NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM018277NIGMS NIH HHS GM018277NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM018277NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM018277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in the interdomain linker of the gene for the AraC regulatory protein of Escherichia coli that severely interfere with the protein's ability either to repress or to activate transcription have been found. These mutations have relatively small effects on the dimerization domain's ability to bind arabinose or to dimerize the protein or on the DNA-binding domain's affinity for a single DNA half-site. The linker mutations, however, dramatically change the affinity of AraC for binding to two direct-repeat DNA half-sites. Less dramatically, the induction-deficient linker variants also display altered DNA sequence selectivity. These results show that changing the sequence of the interdomain linker can profoundly affect the dimerization domain-DNA-binding domain interactions in AraC. The smaller effects on the functions of the individual domains could be the direct result of the linker alterations but more likely are the indirect result of the altered dimerization domain-DNA-binding domain interactions. In summary, the linker does not simply function as a passive and flexible connector between the domains of AraC but, instead, is more directly involved in the protein's dimerization domain-DNA-binding domain interactions.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAraC Transcription FactorBinding SitesDimerizationDNA, BacterialEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryAraC protein, E coliAraC Transcription FactorDNA, BacterialEscherichia coli Proteins

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PMID21840981
PMCPMC3187213
OpenAlexW2016766290

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