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CELL
Volume 109, Issue 3, Pages 383-396Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00723-7
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL59130, HL52529] Funding Source: Medline
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Redox regulation has been perceived as a simple on-off switch in proteins (corresponding to reduced and oxidized states). Using the transcription factor OxyR as a model, we have generated, in vitro, several stable, posttranslational modifications of the single regulatory thiol (SH), including S-NO, S-OH, and S-SG, and shown that each occurs in vivo. These modified forms of OxyR are transcriptionally active but differ in structure, cooperative properties, DNA binding affinity, and promoter activities. OxyR can thus process different redox-related signals into distinct transcriptional responses. More generally, our data suggest a code for redox control through which allosteric proteins can subserve either graded (cooperative) or maximal (noncooperative) responses, and through which differential responsivity to redox-related signals can be achieved.
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