| Structural highlights
Function
[RPOC_ECOLI] DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01322] [A0A060VKE4_KLEPN] Sigma factors are initiation factors that promote the attachment of RNA polymerase to specific initiation sites and are then released.[PIRNR:PIRNR000774] [RPOB_ECOLI] DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01321] [RPOZ_ECOLI] 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] [RPOA_ECOLI] DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. This subunit plays an important role in subunit assembly since its dimerization is the first step in the sequential assembly of subunits to form the holoenzyme.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059] [PSPF_ECOLI] Transcriptional activator for the phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspABCDE) and pspG gene.[1] [2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Gene transcription is carried out by RNA polymerases (RNAPs). For transcription to occur, the closed promoter complex (RPc), where DNA is double stranded, must isomerize into an open promoter complex (RPo), where the DNA is melted out into a transcription bubble and the single-stranded template DNA is delivered to the RNAP active site. Using a bacterial RNAP containing the alternative sigma54 factor and cryoelectron microscopy, we determined structures of RPc and the activator-bound intermediate complex en route to RPo at 3.8 and 5.8 A. Our structures show how RNAP-sigma54 interacts with promoter DNA to initiate the DNA distortions required for transcription bubble formation, and how the activator interacts with RPc, leading to significant conformational changes in RNAP and sigma54 that promote RPo formation. We propose that DNA melting is an active process initiated in RPc and that the RNAP conformations of intermediates are significantly different from that of RPc and RPo.
Structures of RNA Polymerase Closed and Intermediate Complexes Reveal Mechanisms of DNA Opening and Transcription Initiation.,Glyde R, Ye F, Darbari VC, Zhang N, Buck M, Zhang X Mol Cell. 2017 Jul 6;67(1):106-116.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.05.010. Epub, 2017 Jun 1. PMID:28579332[4]
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References
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- ↑ Glyde R, Ye F, Darbari VC, Zhang N, Buck M, Zhang X. Structures of RNA Polymerase Closed and Intermediate Complexes Reveal Mechanisms of DNA Opening and Transcription Initiation. Mol Cell. 2017 Jul 6;67(1):106-116.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.05.010. Epub, 2017 Jun 1. PMID:28579332 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2017.05.010
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