Mutations Affecting DNA-Binding Activity of the MexR Repressor ofmexR-mexA-mexB-oprMOperon Expression
- 15 October 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 185 (20) , 6195-6198
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.185.20.6195-6198.2003
Abstract
We have isolated 25 MexR mutants that retained their dimerizing ability but were unable to bindmexOPDNA. Surprisingly, 20 mutations were located in the hydrophobic core region at α4, W1, α2, α3, and β2, and only 3 were in positively charged residues. These results verified that DNA binding is mediated by distinct regions of MexR and showed the importance of the hydrophobic core region of the DNA-binding domain.Keywords
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