title: Redox-operated genetic switches: the SoxR and OxyR transcription factors.
abstract: Two redox-responsive transcription regulators have been well defined in Escherichia coli and serve as paradigms of redox-operated genetic switches. SoxR contains iron-sulfur centers that activate the protein when they are one-electron oxidized, or nitrosylated by nitric oxide. OxyR contains a pair of redox-active cysteine residues that activate the protein when they are oxidized to form a disulfide bond.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pomposiello
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Demple
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001709:Biotechnology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004220:Disulfides; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005609:Free Radicals; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C499299:oxyR protein, E coli; D013481:Superoxides; C070724:SoxR protein, Bacteria; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide