The mycobacterial MsDps2 protein is a nucleoid-forming DNA binding protein regulated by sigma factors sigma and sigma.

The Dps (DNA-binding protein from starved cells) proteins from Mycobacterium smegmatis MsDps1 and MsDps2 are both DNA-binding proteins with some differences. While MsDps1 has two oligomeric states, with one of them responsible for DNA binding, MsDps2 has only one DNA-binding oligomeric state. Both t...

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Main Authors: Ramachandran Saraswathi, Rakhi Pait Chowdhury, Sunanda Margrett Williams, Payel Ghatak, Dipankar Chatterji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2779847?pdf=render