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Plasmid pIP501 encoded transcriptional repressor CopR: single amino acids involved in dimerization are also important for folding of the monomer.
Plasmid - 1 May 2002
Steinmetzer Katrin, Kuhn Kornelia, Behlke Joachim, Golbik Ralph, Brantl Sabine
Abstract excerpt
CopR is one of the two components regulating replication of plasmid pIP501. It binds as a preformed dimer at the DNA major groove thereby repressing transcription of the essential repR-mRNA 10-20-fold. Previously, the DNA-binding motif was identified and the location of the dimeric interface was narrowed down. The C-terminal 29 residues were shown to be required exclusively for CopR stability. Here, we report the...
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