All of the glp genes of Escherichia coli are subject to negative regulation by the glpR-encoded repressor (GlpR). Comparison of the repressor binding affinity for consensus and altered consensus operator regions showed that positions 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 bp removed from the center of operator symmetry are most important for repressor binding. Cooperative binding of repressors to tandem operators was demonstrated. Cooperativity was maximal when two 20-base pair operators were directly repeated and decreased with the deletion of 2 base pairs or the addition of 4 base pairs between the operators. Cooperative binding was eliminated by a 6 base pair insertion between tandem operators. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43667 |
| Date | 11 July 2009 |
| Creators | Zhao, Ningyue |
| Contributors | Biochemistry and Anaerobic Microbiology, Larson, Timothy J., Bender, Patrick K., Shirley, Brenda W. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | xi, 81 leaves, BTD, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 29687241, LD5655.V855_1993.Z544.pdf |
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