The Kinetics of Sigma Subunit Directed Promoter Recognition by E. coli RNA Polymerase

Time-resolved laser UV irradiation and controlled proteolysis have been used to study the sequential recognition of the lac UV5 promoter by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Local rearrangements in the DNA, the appearance of intimate protein-DNA contacts, and structural changes within the sigma subun...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of molecular biology 1999-01, Vol.285 (3), p.955-964
Hauptverfasser: Buckle, Malcolm, Pemberton, Iain K., Jacquet, Marie-Ange, Buc, Henri
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Zusammenfassung:Time-resolved laser UV irradiation and controlled proteolysis have been used to study the sequential recognition of the lac UV5 promoter by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Local rearrangements in the DNA, the appearance of intimate protein-DNA contacts, and structural changes within the sigma subunit together provide specific signatures that define major species populated during this process. At 22 °C, a first closed complex is characterised by a transient conformational change in the sigma subunit and by a distortion in the −35 region. Subsequently, direct contacts at −34 and at positions −8, −5 and −3 on the non-template strand appear prior to DNA strand separation. The contact in the −35 consensus region involves only the σ subunit. This intermediate possesses different structural parameters from that formed by quenching open complexes from 37 °C to 14 °C. Sigma thus appears as the principal partner acting during promoter recognition, a strongly coupled process involving two major intermediates only.
ISSN:0022-2836
1089-8638
DOI:10.1006/jmbi.1998.2391