{
  "id": 9557573,
  "title": "Seven amino acids gate transcriptional activation by a minimal MarA Helix turn-helix DNA-binding domain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/seven-amino-acids-gate-transcriptional-activation-by-a-minimal-mara",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.23.753698v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Prokaryotic transcription factors (TFs) lie at the core of antimicrobial resistance, controlling genes that let bacteria survive antibiotic exposure. The AraC/XylS family of TFs is defined by a ~99-residue DNA-binding domain composed of two helix-turn-helix (HTH) motifs. While this two-motif architecture is considered the minimal functional unit, the striking sequence and structural similarity…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}