Three-dimensional crystal structures of Escherichia coli met repressor with and without corepressor.
Rafferty, J.B., Somers, W.S., Saint-Girons, I., Phillips, S.E.(1989) Nature 341: 705-710
- PubMed: 2677753 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/341705a0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1CMB, 1CMC - PubMed Abstract: 
The three-dimensional crystal structure of met repressor, in the presence or absence of bound corepressor (S-adenosylmethionine), shows a dimer of intertwined monomers, which do not have the helix-turn-helix motif characteristic of other bacterial repressor and activator structures. We propose that the interaction of met repressor with DNA occurs through either a pair of symmetry-related alpha-helices or a pair of beta-strands, and suggest a model for binding of several dimers to met operator regions.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Astbury Department of Biophysics, University of Leeds, UK.