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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
卷 12, 期 2, 页码 129-137出版社
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.01.009
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- National Institutes of Health [GM4079423, P20 RR17708, GM22441]
- Robert A. Welch Foundation [C-576]
The lactose repressor protein (Lacl) was among the very first genetic regulatory proteins discovered, and more than 1000 members of the bacterial Lacl/GaIR family are now identified. Lacl has been the prototype for understanding how transcription is controlled using small metabolites to modulate protein association with specific DNA sites. This understanding has been greatly expanded by the study of other Lacl/GaIR homologues. A general picture emerges in which the conserved fold provides a scaffold for multiple types of interactions - including oligomerization, small molecule binding, and protein-protein binding - that in turn influence target DNA binding and thereby regulate mRNA production. Although many different functions have evolved from this basic scaffold, each homologue retains functional flexibility: For the same protein, different small molecules can have disparate impact on DNA binding and hence transcriptional outcome. In turn, binding to alternative DNA sequences may impact the degree of allosteric response. Thus, this family exhibits a symphony of variations by which transcriptional control is achieved.
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