Development of a Bacterial Biosensor for Nitrotoluenes: The Crystal Structure of the Transcriptional Regulator Dntr
Smirnova, I.A., Dian, C., Leonard, G.A., Mcsweeney, S., Birse, D., Brzezinski, P.(2004) J Mol Biol 340: 405
- PubMed: 15210343 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.04.071
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1UTB, 1UTH - PubMed Abstract: 
The transcriptional regulator DntR, a member of the LysR family, is a central element in a prototype bacterial cell-based biosensor for the detection of hazardous contamination of soil and groundwater by dinitrotoluenes. To optimise the sensitivity of the biosensor for such compounds we have chosen a rational design of the inducer-binding cavity based on knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of DntR ...