Riboswitches bind intracellular metabolites and control bacterial gene expression. Here, by using X-ray crystallography, molecular dynamics simulations, and single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer, the authors show how a local Mn2+ ion-binding signal is transduced across the yybP-ykoY riboswitch from Xanthomonas oryzae.
- Krishna C. Suddala
- Ian R. Price
- Nils G. Walter
