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Carbon catabolite repression (CCR) allows bacteria to selectively assimilate a preferred compound among a mixture of several potential carbon sources, thus boosting growth and economizing the cost of adaptability to variable nutrients in the environment. The RNA-binding catabolite repression control (Crc) protein acts as a global post-transcriptional regulator of CCR in Pseudomonas species. Crc triggers repression by inhibiting the expression of genes involved in transport and catabolism of non-preferred substrates, thus indirectly favoring assimilation of preferred one. We report here a nearly complete backbone and stereospecific 13C methyl side-chain chemical shift assignments of Ile (δ1), Leu and Val of Crc (~ 31 kDa) from Pseudomonas syringae Lz4W.
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Authors acknowledge Ms. V. Aarti and central instrumentation facility of CCMB for assisting and facilitating various experiments. R.S. and B.S. acknowledge research fellowships from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
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Sharma, R., Sahu, B., Ray, M.K. et al. Backbone and stereospecific 13C methyl Ile (δ1), Leu and Val side-chain chemical shift assignments of Crc. Biomol NMR Assign 9, 75–79 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-014-9548-0
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