TABLE 5.
Summary of results for the cox mutants
Protein | Amino acid substition | Tetramerization | Repression | Activation | Excision | DNA binding |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cox | − | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Cox2 | Met42Thr | + | − | − | − | − |
Cox3 | Gly22Glu | − | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
Cox4 | Glu54Lys | − | − | + | + | − |
Cox107 | Arg29His | − | − | + | + | − |
Cox129 | Ala69Thr | − | − | + | + | − |
Cox130 | Glu16Lys | +++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++++ |
−, no activity; +++, wild-type activity; n.d., not determined due to the formation of inclusion bodies.