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===Introduction===

[[Image:3TGNspacefill.jpg | 300px | right|thumb|3TGN space fill model. Blue and white representing symmetric monomers.]]

Adhesin Competence Regulator (AdcR) is a transcriptional regulator that controls the activation of over seventy genes within the bacteria [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pneumoniae''Streptococcus pneumoniae'']<ref>DOI:10.1093/nar/gku1304 </ref>. Contrasting with other members of the multiple antibiotic resistance regulator (MarR) family, AdcR is metal dependent as the binding of Zinc causes conformational changes that permit AdcR to repress the transcription of high-affinity Zinc specific uptake transporters. Zinc plays a vital role in organism homeostasis acting as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofactor_(biochemistry) co-factor] and a regulator of enzymatic activity, however zinc can lead to cell toxicity and deficiency of other vital metals that are also necessary for protein function<ref> Fraústo da Silva J, Williams R. The Biological Chemistry of Elements: The Inorganic Chemistry of Life. Second ed. Oxford University Press; Oxford: 2001.</ref><ref> DOI: 10.1021/cr900077w</ref>. Given the many roles zinc plays in general homeostasis the importance of AdcR in ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'' can be understood ~~given~~ its ability to regulate zinc transfer proteins within the bacteria.

Adhesin Competence Regulator (AdcR) is a transcriptional regulator that controls the activation of over seventy genes within the bacteria [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pneumoniae''Streptococcus pneumoniae'']<ref>DOI:10.1093/nar/gku1304 </ref>. Contrasting with other members of the multiple antibiotic resistance regulator (MarR) family, AdcR is metal dependent as the binding of Zinc causes conformational changes that permit AdcR to repress the transcription of high-affinity Zinc specific uptake transporters. Zinc plays a vital role in organism homeostasis acting as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofactor_(biochemistry) co-factor] and a regulator of enzymatic activity, however zinc can lead to cell toxicity and deficiency of other vital metals that are also necessary for protein function<ref> Fraústo da Silva J, Williams R. The Biological Chemistry of Elements: The Inorganic Chemistry of Life. Second ed. Oxford University Press; Oxford: 2001.</ref><ref> DOI: 10.1021/cr900077w</ref>. Given the many roles zinc plays in general homeostasis the importance of AdcR in ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'' can be understood provided its ability to regulate zinc transfer proteins within the bacteria.

[[Image:Image1.jpg | 300 px|left|thumb|Proteins 3BPX, 2FBK, 3KP5, and 2PFB (members of the MarR family) are pictured above.]]

Members of the MarR protein family conserve a number of features including a general triangular shape, a two fold pseudosymmetric homo dimer, and a wingled helix-turn-helix pattern. Consistent with AdcR's identity as a member of the MarR protein family, AdcR exhibits the triangular shape with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix-turn-helix (wHTH)] binding domain. This structure calls for multiple zinc binding sites that facilitate protein conformational change allowing for DNA binding and regulation through the wHTH domain.

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 ===Introduction===
 [[Image:3TGNspacefill.jpg | 300px | right|thumb|3TGN space fill model. Blue and white representing symmetric monomers.]]
-Adhesin Competence Regulator (AdcR) is a transcriptional regulator that controls the activation of over seventy genes within the bacteria [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pneumoniae''Streptococcus pneumoniae'']<ref>DOI:10.1093/nar/gku1304 </ref>. Contrasting with other members of the multiple antibiotic resistance regulator (MarR) family, AdcR is metal dependent as the binding of Zinc causes conformational changes that permit AdcR to repress the transcription of high-affinity Zinc specific uptake transporters. Zinc plays a vital role in organism homeostasis acting as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofactor_(biochemistry) co-factor] and a regulator of enzymatic activity, however zinc can lead to cell toxicity and deficiency of other vital metals that are also necessary for protein function<ref> Fraústo da Silva J, Williams R. The Biological Chemistry of Elements: The Inorganic Chemistry of Life. Second ed. Oxford University Press; Oxford: 2001.</ref><ref> DOI: 10.1021/cr900077w</ref>. Given the many roles zinc plays in general homeostasis the importance of AdcR in ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'' can be understood given its ability to regulate zinc transfer proteins within the bacteria.
+Adhesin Competence Regulator (AdcR) is a transcriptional regulator that controls the activation of over seventy genes within the bacteria [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pneumoniae''Streptococcus pneumoniae'']<ref>DOI:10.1093/nar/gku1304 </ref>. Contrasting with other members of the multiple antibiotic resistance regulator (MarR) family, AdcR is metal dependent as the binding of Zinc causes conformational changes that permit AdcR to repress the transcription of high-affinity Zinc specific uptake transporters. Zinc plays a vital role in organism homeostasis acting as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cofactor_(biochemistry) co-factor] and a regulator of enzymatic activity, however zinc can lead to cell toxicity and deficiency of other vital metals that are also necessary for protein function<ref> Fraústo da Silva J, Williams R. The Biological Chemistry of Elements: The Inorganic Chemistry of Life. Second ed. Oxford University Press; Oxford: 2001.</ref><ref> DOI: 10.1021/cr900077w</ref>. Given the many roles zinc plays in general homeostasis the importance of AdcR in ''Streptococcus pneumoniae'' can be understood provided its ability to regulate zinc transfer proteins within the bacteria.
 [[Image:Image1.jpg | 300 px|left|thumb|Proteins 3BPX, 2FBK, 3KP5, and 2PFB (members of the MarR family) are pictured above.]]
 Members of the MarR protein family conserve a number of features including a general triangular shape, a two fold pseudosymmetric homo dimer, and a wingled helix-turn-helix pattern. Consistent with AdcR's identity as a member of the MarR protein family, AdcR exhibits the triangular shape with the  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix-turn-helix (wHTH)] binding domain. This structure calls for multiple zinc binding sites that facilitate protein conformational change allowing for DNA binding and regulation through the wHTH domain.