The structure of a reduced form of OxyR from Neisseria meningitidis
Sainsbury, S., Ren, J., Nettleship, J.E., Saunders, N.J., Stuart, D.I., Owens, R.J.(2010) BMC Struct Biol 10: 10-10
- PubMed: 20478059 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-10-10
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3JV9 - PubMed Abstract: 
Survival of the human pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis, requires an effective response to oxidative stress resulting from the release of hydrogen peroxide by cells of the human immune system. In N. meningitidis, expression of catalase, which is responsible for detoxifying hydrogen peroxide, is controlled by OxyR, a redox responsive LysR-type regulator. OxyR responds directly to intracellular hydrogen peroxide through the reversible formation of a disulphide bond between C199 and C208 in the regulatory domain of the protein.
Organizational Affiliation: 
The Oxford Protein Production Facility and Division of Structural Biology, Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK.