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. 1995 Feb;177(3):839–842. doi: 10.1128/jb.177.3.839-842.1995

The mtrB gene of Bacillus pumilus encodes a protein with sequence and functional homology to the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP) of Bacillus subtilis.

R J Hoffman 1, P Gollnick 1
PMCID: PMC176668  PMID: 7836324

Abstract

The mtrB gene from Bacillus pumilus encodes a 76-amino-acid polypeptide with 77% identity to the trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP) from Bacillus subtilis. B. pumilus TRAP binds trp leader RNA from either B. subtilis or B. pumilus in a tryptophan-dependent manner. Altering threonine 52 to alanine eliminated RNA-binding activity of B. pumilus TRAP.

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