Dimerization allows DNA target site recognition by the NarL response regulator.
Maris, A.E., Sawaya, M.R., Kaczor-Grzeskowiak, M., Jarvis, M.R., Bearson, S.M., Kopka, M.L., Schroder, I., Gunsalus, R.P., Dickerson, R.E.(2002) Nat Struct Biol 9: 771-778
- PubMed: 12352954 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb845
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Two-component signal transduction systems are modular phosphorelay regulatory pathways common in prokaryotes. In the co-crystal structure of the Escherichia coli NarL signal output domain bound to DNA, we observe how the NarL family of two-component response regulators can bind DNA ...