title: The oligomerization of CynR in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Deletion analysis and alanine-scanning based on a homology-based interaction model were used to identify determinants of oligomerization in the transcriptional regulator CynR, a member of the LysR-type transcriptional regulator (LTTR) family. Deletion analysis confirmed that the putative regulatory domain of CynR was essential for driving the oligomerization of lambda repressor-CynR fusion proteins. The interaction surface of a different LTTR and OxyR was mapped onto a multiple sequence alignment of the LTTR family. This mapping identified putative contacts in the CynR regulatory domain dimer interface, which were targeted for alanine-scanning mutagenesis. Oligomerization was assayed by the ability of mutant lambda repressor-CynR fusions to assemble in E. coli revealing interesting similarities and differences between OxyR and CynR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128, USA.
authors.forename: Gwendowlyn S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D055503:Protein Multimerization / Q000235:genetics*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C074784:cynR protein, E coli