[Term]
id: PR:000024089
name: torCAD operon transcriptional regulatory protein TorR
def: "A protein that is a translation product of the Escherichia coli K-12 torR gene or a 1:1 ortholog thereof. This protein is a component of the TorS/TorR two-component system which induces the expression of the tor structural operon encoding the trimethylamine N-oxide reductase respiratory system in response to substrate availability." [PMID:9135110]
comment: Category=gene.
synonym: "torR" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DNx]
is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein