UniProt functional annotation for Q53901

UniProt code: Q53901.

Organism: Streptomyces coelicolor.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Streptomycetales; Streptomycetaceae; Streptomyces; Streptomyces albidoflavus group.
 
Function: TetR is the repressor of the tetracycline resistance element; its N-terminal region forms a helix-turn-helix structure and binds DNA. Binding of tetracycline to TetR reduces the repressor affinity for the tetracycline resistance gene (tetA) promoter operator sites. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00002856}.
 

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.