Error-prone PCR mutagenesis reveals functional domains of a bacterial transcriptional activator, TraJ.

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TraJ is the essential activator of P(Y), the promoter of the F and F-like plasmid tra operon that encodes the majority of the proteins for bacterial conjugation. By combining error-prone PCR mutagenesis with a two-plasmid screen, we isolated 55 missense mutations in traJ, each affecting the ability of TraJ to activate P(Y). These mutations define two distinct functional clusters (amino acids [aa] 21 to 117 and aa...

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