Publication Date:
1990-02-23
Description:
Bacterial MerR proteins are dimeric DNA-binding proteins that mediate the Hg(II)-dependent induction of mercury resistance operons. Site-directed mutagenesis of the Bacillus sp. RC607 MerR protein reveals that three of four Cys residues per monomer are required for Hg(II) binding at the single high-affinity binding site. Inactive mutant homodimers can exchange subunits to form heterodimers active for Hg(II) binding. Studies of a heterodimer retaining only three of eight cysteine residues per dimer reveal that Cys79 in one subunit and Cys114 and Cys123 in the second subunit are necessary and sufficient for high-affinity Hg(II) binding in an asymmetric, subunit bridging coordination complex.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Helmann, J D -- Ballard, B T -- Walsh, C T -- GM20011/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Feb 23;247(4945):946-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2305262" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Bacillus/*analysis/genetics
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Bacterial Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites
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Cations
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DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Macromolecular Substances
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Mercury/*metabolism
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutation
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Structure-Activity Relationship
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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