2po4

Structural highlights

Function

RPOLV_BPN4 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, which is injected into the host upon infection and transcribes the phage early genes from promoters that have a 5-bp stem-3 nt loop hairpin structure.^{[1] [2]}

See Also

• RNA polymerase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Murakami KS, Davydova EK, Rothman-Denes LB. X-ray crystal structure of the polymerase domain of the bacteriophage N4 virion RNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar 24;. PMID:18362338 doi:0712325105
2. ↑ Gleghorn ML, Davydova EK, Rothman-Denes LB, Murakami KS. Structural basis for DNA-hairpin promoter recognition by the bacteriophage N4 virion RNA polymerase. Mol Cell. 2008 Dec 5;32(5):707-17. PMID:19061645 doi:S1097-2765(08)00777-6