LexA and lambda Cl repressors as enzymes: specific cleavage in an intermolecular reaction.

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During the SOS response, LexA repressor is inactivated by specific cleavage. Although cleavage requires RecA protein in vivo, RecA acts indirectly as a coprotease by stimulating an inherent self-cleavage activity of LexA. In lambda lysogens, cleavage of lambda Cl repressor in a similar but far slower reaction results in prophage induction. We describe an intermolecular cleavage reaction in which the C-terminal...

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