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Catabolite gene activator protein
in the absence (1g6n) and presence of DNA (1ber) from Escherichia
coli
  - What structural elements
  are present in the protein?
  
- What is the subunit composition?
  
- What is the distance between
  protein and DNA?
  
- What characteristics can
  be discovered regarding the structure of DNA in the complex?
  
- Can you locate the coactivator?
Passner, J. M., S. C. Schultz, and
T. A. Steitz. 2000. Modeling
the cAMP induced allosteric transition using the crystal structure
of CAP-cAMP at 2.1 Å resolution. J. Mol. Biol. 304:847-859.
Parkinson, G., C. Wilson, A. Gunasekera,
Y. W. Ebright, R. E. Ebright, and H. M. Berman. 1996. Structure of the CAP-DNA complex at 2.5
Å resolution: a complete picture of the protein-DNA interface.
J. Mol. Biol. 260:395-408.
  
    | Catabolite gene activator protein
      (1g6n) | Catabolite gene activator protein with
      DNA (1ber) | 
 
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