title: Molecular cloning, DNA sequence analysis, and characterization of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae dtxR homolog from Brevibacterium lactofermentum.
abstract: A homolog of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae dtxR gene was isolated from Brevibacterium lactofermentum. The product of the B. lactofermentum dtxR gene was immunoreactive with polyclonal anti-DtxR antibodies and functioned as an iron-activated repressor capable of regulating the expression of beta-galactosidase from a diphtheria tox promoter/operator transcriptional fusion in recombinant Escherichia coli. The extents of induction by increasing concentrations of the chelator 2,2'-dipyridyl were identical in cells expressing DtxR from either C. diphtheriae or B. lactofermentum.
authors: Area of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of León, Spain.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Oguiza
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Tao
authors: A T
authors: AT
authors: Marcos
authors: J F
authors: JF
authors: Martín
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C075586:DtxR protein, Corynebacterium diphtheriae; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins