Structural and functional properties of the CO-sensing transcriptional activator CooA
โ Scribed by Shigetoshi Aono
- Book ID
- 117550232
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 1233
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0531-5131
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The CooA family of proteins are prokaryotic CO-sensing transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes involved in the utilization of CO as an energy source. They are homodimeric proteins that contain two hemes. Each monomer contains an N-terminal heme-binding domain and a C-terminal DNA
CooA is a transcriptional activator containing a b-type heme as a prosthetic group. The heme in CooA is in the six-coordinate form in the ferric and ferrous state. Although the ferrous heme is coordinated by two axial ligands, it can react easily with CO to form the CO-bound heme under physiological