The structural basis for enhanced stability and reduced DNA binding seen in engineered second-generation Cro monomers and dimers.

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It was previously shown that the Cro repressor from phage lambda, which is a dimer, can be converted into a stable monomer by a five-amino acid insertion. Phe58 is the key residue involved in this transition, switching from interactions which stabilize the dimer to those which stabilize the monomer. Structural studies, however, suggested that Phe58 did not penetrate into the core of the monomer as well as it did...

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