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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Chem. 2015 May;396(5):415–444. doi: 10.1515/hsz-2015-0102

Table 1. The LysR-family OxyR-type peroxide-sensing transcriptional regulators.

Redox sensor Organism Signal Redox-sensing mechanism Regulon genes Regulon functions References
OxyR Escherichia coli H2O2




H2O2
NO
GSSG
C199*-C208
Intramolecular
disulfide


Cys199-SOH
Cys199-SNO
Cys199-SSG
ahpCF
katG
fur
dps
mntH
sufABCDE
trxC
grxA
gor
dsbG
hemH
oxyR
fhuF
flu

uxuAB

gntP
peroxiredoxin
catalase
Fe-uptake repressor
miniferritin
Mn-uptake
Fe-S cluster assembly
thioredoxin
glutaredoxin
GSH reductase
Cys-SOH reduction
ferrochelatase
LysR-type regulator
Fe 3+ reductase
antigen 43 outer
membrane protein
mannonate
hydrolase
gluconate permease
Storz et al, 1990b
Zheng et al, 1998
Choi et al, 2001


Kim et al, 2002
OxyS Mycobacterium tuberculosis H2O2 C25* peroxide sensing katG catalase Domenech et al, 2001
Li & He, 2012
OxyR Deinococcus radiodurans H2O2 C210*-SOH katE
drb0125

feoB
dps
mntH
catalase
Iron(III) dicitrate-
uptake
Fe2+ uptake
miniferritin
Mn uptake
Chen et al, 2008
OxyR Corynebacterium glutamicum H2O2 C206* and C215 conserved katA
dps, ftn
cydABCD

hemH
cg1292

sufABCDE
proP

oxyR
sufR
ripA
catalase
miniferritins
cytochrome bd
oxidase
ferrochelatase
flavin-
monooxygenase
Fe-S-cluster assembly
proline-ectoine
transporter
LysR-type regulator
FeS-cluster regulator
regulator of iron-
proteins
Teramoto et al, 2013
Milse et al, 2014