title: Structural and functional analyses of the repressor, RbsR, of the ribose operon of Escherichia coli.
abstract: The DNA sequence encoding the rbs repressor protein, RbsR, has been determined. Amino acid sequence analyses of the product of an rbsR-lacZ fusion and of affinity-purified RbsR demonstrate that translation begins at an unusual codon, TTG, and that the initial amino acid is removed during maturation of the protein. DNA-binding assays indicate that RbsR binds to a region of perfect dyad symmetry spanning the rbs operon transcriptional start site and that the affinity for the rbs operator is reduced by addition of ribose, consistent with ribose being the inducer of the operon. RbsR is a member of a family of homologous repressor proteins having very similar DNA-binding sites and binding to similar operator sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mauzy
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hermodson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009876:Operon; D010957:Plasmids; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012266:Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C489909:RbsR protein, E coli; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012266:Ribose