Action and Function of the Sulfide-Responsive Transcriptional Repressor Sqrr (IMAGE)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Action and Function of the Sulfide-Responsive Transcriptional Repressor Sqrr

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This is a structural model of SqrR (left) showing sulfide-dependent tetrasulfide-bond formation that reduces its DNA-binding activity (middle). Mutation in sqrR influences photopigment synthesis (right).

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Tokyo Institute of Technology

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