Structural basis for cooperative DNA binding by two dimers of the multidrug‐binding protein QacR

@article{Schumacher2002StructuralBF,
  title={Structural basis for cooperative DNA binding by two dimers of the multidrug‐binding protein QacR},
  author={Maria A. Schumacher and Marshall C. Miller and Steve Grkovic and Melissa H. Brown and Ronald A. Skurray and Richard G. Brennan},
  journal={The EMBO Journal},
  year={2002},
  volume={21}
}
The Staphylococcus aureus multidrug‐binding protein QacR represses transcription of the qacA multidrug transporter gene and is induced by multiple structurally dissimilar drugs. QacR is a member of the TetR/CamR family of transcriptional regulators, which share highly homologous N‐terminal DNA‐binding domains connected to seemingly non‐homologous ligand‐binding domains. Unlike other TetR members, which bind ∼15 bp operators, QacR recognizes an unusually long 28 bp operator, IR1, which it… 
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