Abstract
We have examined the effect of an aminoterminal peptide from the lac repressor (residues 1-59) on the methylation of purines in the lac operator with dimethyl sulfate. The peptide perturbs the methylation of the operator, and the peptide-induced pattern of inhibition and enhancement of methylation, across the operator, closely resembles the pattern induced by intact repressor. This demonstrates that this small amino-terminal peptide binds specifically to the lac operator and that the mechanism of recognition and binding is basically the same as that of intact repressor.
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Created | 19 years, 2 months ago (May 31, 2006, 3:38 a.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 11:10 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 23, 2024, 12:47 p.m.) |
Issued | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
Published | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
Published Online | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
Published Print | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
@article{Ogata_1978, title={An amino-terminal fragment of lac repressor binds specifically to lac operator}, volume={75}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.75.12.5851}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.75.12.5851}, number={12}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Ogata, Ronald T. and Gilbert, Walter}, year={1978}, month=dec, pages={5851–5854} }