Protein
Carotenogenesis protein CarR
Organism
Myxococcus xanthus
Function
Negative regulator of the carotenoid synthesis regulon. It is probably inactivated by protoporphyrin IX in the presence of blue light. Inactivation of CarR leads to loss of negative control over the carotenogenesis protein CarQ.
Sequence
MKPPMDLDSLLTQTPAKDNAALERVLAAARGELALRRPVRRWRTQAVGLMAASAGLGLLAAVVLLAVGAVTGPLLLARAPLLAMLVGTSAVCAWGALSPKGRWMRRLGVGLAVVSAAALVLARGAPHSPPSFPGWVCTVSHLAIGVVPLVVALFALRGAFFQPLRAVVAGLSVGSTGALLGELACEQDWRHVLSHHLLAWVVITVVLVVISKSLKPRSYAP