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. 1990 Mar;9(3):615-21.
doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb08153.x.

Mutant lac repressors with new specificities hint at rules for protein--DNA recognition

N Lehming  1 , J Sartorius, B Kisters-Woike, B von Wilcken-Bergmann, B Müller-Hill
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Mutant lac repressors with new specificities hint at rules for protein--DNA recognition

N Lehming et al. EMBO J. 1990 Mar.

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  • EMBO J 1990 May;9(5):1674

Abstract

Proteins which recognize specific sequences of DNA play a fundamental role in the regulation of protein synthesis in all organisms. A particular helix of the bacterial protein lac repressor recognizes the bases in the major groove of the lac operator. We show that the first two residues of this recognition helix interact independently with two base pairs. This allows us in many cases to predict repression as an indicator of strength of the repressor-operator complex. Rules of recognition can be derived for 16 symmetric operators. They also apply to the gal repressor and possibly to other bacterial repressors.

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