Structure of a Wbl protein and implications for NO sensing by M. tuberculosis

oleh: Bassam K. Kudhair, Andrea M. Hounslow, Matthew D. Rolfe, Jason C. Crack, Debbie M. Hunt, Roger S. Buxton, Laura J. Smith, Nick E. Le Brun, Michael P. Williamson, Jeffrey Green

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-12-01

Deskripsi

Mycobacterium tuberculosis WhiB1 is a DNA-binding protein with a NO sensitive [4Fe-4S] cluster. Here the authors present the NMR structure of WhiB1 and suggest how loss of the iron-sulfur cluster through nitrosylation affects WhiB1 DNA binding and leads to transcriptional reprogramming.