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Single asparagine to arginine mutation allows PerR to switch from PerR box to fur box.
ACS chemical biology - 20 Mar 2015
Caux-Thang Christelle, Parent Aubérie, Sethu Ramakrishnan, Maïga Arhamatoulaye, Blondin Geneviève, Latour Jean-Marc, Duarte Victor
Abstract excerpt
Fur family proteins, ubiquitous in prokaryotes, play a pivotal role in microbial survival and virulence in most pathogens. Metalloregulators, such as Fur and PerR, regulate the transcription of genes connected to iron homeostasis and response to oxidative stress, respectively. In Bacillus subtili...
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