Function
Sigma (σ) factor is needed for the initiation of RNA transcription. The large and biologically essential protein, RNA polymerase (RNAP), contains one σ-subunit, which binds , located upstream of transcription start sites.
Disease
Relevance
Structural highlights
3D structures of sigma factor
Updated on 10-October-2014
Sigma factor
1ku2 – TaSF region 1.2-3.1 – Thermus aquaticus
1ku3 – TaSF region 4 (mutant)
3les – TaSF residues 93-271
1sig – EcSF – Escherichia coli
2mao – EcSF region 2 - NMR
1tty – TmSF-70 region 4 – Thermotoga maritima
1tty – TmSF-70 region 1.1 (mutant) - NMR
2ahq – AaSF-54 C terminal – Aquifex aeolicus - NMR
2k9l, 2k9m – AaSF-54 core domain - NMR
3mzy – SF-H – Fusobacterium nucleatum
Sigma factor complex with DNA
3ugo, 3ugp - TaSF region 2 + DNA
4ki2 - TaSF region 2-3 + DNA
2h27 – EcSF-E region 4 + DNA
2map – EcSF region 2 + DNA - NMR
2o8k, 2o9l – AaSF-54 C terminal + DNA - NMR
Sigma factor complex with protein
3lev – TaSF residues 93-271 + antibody
1or7 – EcSF-E + σ-E factor negative regulatory protein
4lup – EcSF residues 3-92 + EcSF region 2
1tlh – EcSF-70 region 4 + anti-σ factor
2p7v – EcSF-70 region 4 + regulator of σ D
1rp3, 1sc5 – AaSF-28 + anti-σ factor FLGM
3hug – MtSF + membrane protein – Mycobacterium tuberculosis
4nqw – MtSF-K region 4 + anti-σ factor
3wod – TtSF + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω - Thermus thermophilus
4mq9 – TtSF-70 + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω + antibiotic
1l9u – TaSF region 1.1-4 + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω
4mex – EcSF-70 + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω + antibiotic
4mey, 4ljz, 4lk1 – EcSF-70 + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω
4lk0, 4llg – EcSF-70 + EcRNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω + RNAP inhibitor
4cxf – SF CNRH + CNRY – Cupriavidus metallidurans
4g6d, 4g8x, 4g94 – SF-70 region 4 + Orf067 – Staphylococcus aureus
Sigma factor complex with protein and DNA
1rio - TaSF region 4 + repression protein CI + DNA
4oin, 4oip, 4oiq, 4oir – TtSF-A + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω + antibiotic + DNA
4oio – TtSF-A + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω + DNA
3n97 – TaSF region 4 + RNAP subunits α + DNA
1l9u – TaSF + RNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω + DNA – Cryo EM
3iyd – EcSF-70 + EcRNAP subunits α,β,β’,ω + catabolite gene activator + DNA
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