Download Mendeley1.65 angstrom resolution structure of the AraC-family transcriptional activator ToxT from Vibrio cholerae.
Li, J., Wehmeyer, G., Lovell, S., Battaile, K.P., Egan, S.M.(2016) Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 72: 726-731
- PubMed: 27599865
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X1601298X
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
4MLO - PubMed Abstract:
ToxT is an AraC-family transcriptional activator protein that controls the expression of key virulence factors in Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. ToxT directly activates the expression of the genes that encode the toxin-coregulated pilus and cholera toxin, and also positively auto-regulates its own expression from the tcp promoter. The crystal structure of ToxT has previously been solved at 1.9 Å resolution (PDB entry 3gbg). In this study, a crystal structure of ToxT at 1.65 Å resolution with a similar overall structure to the previously determined structure is reported. However, there are distinct differences between the two structures, particularly in the region that extends from Asp101 to Glu110. This region, which can influence ToxT activity but was disordered in the previous structure, can be traced entirely in the current structure.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Kansas, 8031 Haworth, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
