Publication Date:
1990-12-21
Description:
lambda Cro is a dimeric DNA binding protein. Random mutagenesis and a selection for Cro activity have been used to identify the contacts between Cro subunits that are crucial for maintenance of a stably folded structure. To obtain equivalent contacts in a monomeric system, a Cro variant was designed and constructed in which the antiparallel beta-ribbon that forms the dimer interface was replaced by a beta-hairpin. The engineered monomer has a folded structure similar to wild type, is significantly more stable than wild type, and exhibits novel half-operator binding activity.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mossing, M C -- Sauer, R T -- AI-16982/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Dec 21;250(4988):1712-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2148648" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Bacteriophage lambda/*genetics
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Circular Dichroism
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*DNA-Binding Proteins
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Escherichia coli/genetics
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*Genetic Variation
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Macromolecular Substances
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutagenesis
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Protein Conformation
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Repressor Proteins/*genetics/metabolism
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Thermodynamics
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Transcription Factors/*genetics
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Viral Proteins
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Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
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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