Structural highlights
Function
[RPOM_HUMAN] DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of mitochondrial DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates.[1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Here we report the crystal structure of the human mitochondrial RNA polymerase (mtRNAP) transcription elongation complex, determined at 2.65-A resolution. The structure reveals a 9-bp hybrid formed between the DNA template and the RNA transcript and one turn of DNA both upstream and downstream of the hybrid. Comparisons with the distantly related RNA polymerase (RNAP) from bacteriophage T7 indicates conserved mechanisms for substrate binding and nucleotide incorporation but also strong mechanistic differences. Whereas T7 RNAP refolds during the transition from initiation to elongation, mtRNAP adopts an intermediary conformation that is capable of elongation without refolding. The intercalating hairpin that melts DNA during T7 RNAP initiation separates RNA from DNA during mtRNAP elongation. Newly synthesized RNA exits toward the pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) domain, a unique feature of mtRNAP with conserved RNA-recognition motifs.
Structure of human mitochondrial RNA polymerase elongation complex.,Schwinghammer K, Cheung AC, Morozov YI, Agaronyan K, Temiakov D, Cramer P Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Oct 6. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2683. PMID:24096365[2]
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References
- ↑ Minczuk M, He J, Duch AM, Ettema TJ, Chlebowski A, Dzionek K, Nijtmans LG, Huynen MA, Holt IJ. TEFM (c17orf42) is necessary for transcription of human mtDNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 May;39(10):4284-99. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq1224. Epub 2011, Jan 28. PMID:21278163 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq1224
- ↑ Schwinghammer K, Cheung AC, Morozov YI, Agaronyan K, Temiakov D, Cramer P. Structure of human mitochondrial RNA polymerase elongation complex. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Oct 6. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2683. PMID:24096365 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2683
