Structural highlights
Function
[A0A1J1EUF1_THETH] Promotes RNA polymerase assembly. Latches the N- and C-terminal regions of the beta' subunit thereby facilitating its interaction with the beta and alpha subunits.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00366][SAAS:SAAS00387808] [RPOA_THETH] DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. [RPOC_THET8] DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. [RPOB_THET8] DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. [SIGA_THET2] Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase to specific initiation sites and are then released. This sigma factor is the primary sigma factor during exponential growth.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00963]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Reiterative transcription is a non-canonical form of RNA synthesis by RNA polymerase in which a ribonucleotide specified by a single base in the DNA template is repetitively added to the nascent RNA transcript. We previously determined the X-ray crystal structure of the bacterial RNA polymerase engaged in reiterative transcription from the pyrG promoter, which contains eight poly-G RNA bases synthesized using three C bases in the DNA as a template and extends RNA without displacement of the promoter recognition sigma factor from the core enzyme. In this study, we determined a series of transcript initiation complex structures from the pyrG promoter using soak-trigger-freeze X-ray crystallography. We also performed biochemical assays to monitor template DNA translocation during RNA synthesis from the pyrG promoter and in vitro transcription assays to determine the length of poly-G RNA from the pyrG promoter variants. Our study revealed how RNA slips on template DNA and how RNA polymerase and template DNA determine length of reiterative RNA product. Lastly, we determined a structure of a transcript initiation complex at the pyrBI promoter and proposed an alternative mechanism of RNA slippage and extension requiring the sigma dissociation from the core enzyme.
Structural basis of reiterative transcription from the pyrG and pyrBI promoters by bacterial RNA polymerase.,Shin Y, Hedglin M, Murakami KS Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Jan 22. pii: 5713455. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz1221. PMID:31965171[1]
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References
- ↑ Shin Y, Hedglin M, Murakami KS. Structural basis of reiterative transcription from the pyrG and pyrBI promoters by bacterial RNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Jan 22. pii: 5713455. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz1221. PMID:31965171 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz1221
