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MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 47-59Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02633.x
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To investigate the activation mechanism of the enhancer-binding protein XyIR encoded by the TOL plasmid of Pseudomonas putida mt-2, a combinatorial library was generated composed of shuffled N-terminal A domains of the homologous regulators DmpR, XyIR and TbuT, reassembled within the XyIR structure. When the library was screened in vivo for responsiveness to non-effectors bulkier than one aromatic ring (such as biphenyl) or bearing an entirely different distribution of electronegative groups (e.g. nitrotoluenes), protein variants were found that displayed an expanded inducer range including the new effectors. Although the phenotypes endowed with the corresponding changes were largely similar, the modifications involved different sites within the A domain. The positions of the mutations within a structural model of the A domain suggest that expansion of the inducer profile can be brought about not only by changes in the effector pocket of the protein but also by unlocking steps of the signal transmission mechanism that follows effector binding. These results provide a rationale for evolving in vitro regulators a la carte that are responsive to predetermined, natural or xenobiotic chemical species.
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