1efa

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<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1efa]] is a 5 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. The March 2003 RCSB PDB [http://pdb.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/index.html Molecule of the Month] feature on ''lac Repressor'' by David S. Goodsell is [http://dx.doi.org/10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2003_3 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2003_3]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1EFA OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1EFA FirstGlance]. <br>

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<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1efa FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1efa OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1efa RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1efa PDBsum]</span></td></tr>

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/LACI_ECOLI LACI_ECOLI]] Repressor of the lactose operon. Binds allolactose as an inducer.

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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/chain_selection.php?pdb_ID=2ata ConSurf].

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Crystal structures of the Lac repressor, with and without isopropyithiogalactoside (IPTG), and the repressor bound to operator have provided a model for how the binding of the inducer reduces the affinity of the repressor for the operator. However, because of the low resolution of the operator-bound structure (4.8 A), the model for the allosteric transition was presented in terms of structural elements rather than in terms of side chain interactions. Here we have constructed a dimeric Lac repressor and determined its structure at 2.6 A resolution in complex with a symmetric operator and the anti-inducer orthonitrophenylfucoside (ONPF). The structure enables the induced (IPTG-bound) and repressed (operator-bound) conformations of the repressor to be compared in atomic detail. An extensive network of interactions between the DNA-binding and core domains of the repressor suggests a possible mechanism for the allosteric transition.

A closer view of the conformation of the Lac repressor bound to operator.,Bell CE, Lewis M Nat Struct Biol. 2000 Mar;7(3):209-14. PMID:10700279<ref>PMID:10700279</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>

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*[[Lac repressor 3D structures|Lac repressor 3D structures]]

[[Category: Bell, C E]]

[[Category: Lewis, M]]

[[Category: Transcription-dna complex]]