Thi-box

Important Reviews

controls expression of the tenA-tenI-thiO-thiS-thiG-thiF-thiD and thiU-thiV-thiW-thiX operons as well as of the thiC, thiT, and ylmB genes in response to thiamine. Thiamine pyrophosphate binds the Thi-box resulting in reduced expression.

Narasimhan Sudarsan, Smadar Cohen-Chalamish, Shingo Nakamura, Gail Mitchell Emilsson, Ronald R Breaker
Thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitches are targets for the antimicrobial compound pyrithiamine.
Chem Biol: 2005, 12(12);1325-35
[PubMed:16356850] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Dmitry A Rodionov, Alexey G Vitreschak, Andrey A Mironov, Mikhail S Gelfand
Comparative genomics of thiamin biosynthesis in procaryotes. New genes and regulatory mechanisms.
J Biol Chem: 2002, 277(50);48949-59
[PubMed:12376536] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)