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==A MODEL OF THE TERNARY COMPLEX FORMED BETWEEN MARA, THE ALPHA-CTD OF RNA POLYMERASE AND DNA==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1xs9]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/send-pdb?obs=1&id=1ti9 1ti9]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1XS9 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1XS9 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Solution NMR</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1xs9 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1xs9 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1xs9 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1xs9 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1xs9 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1xs9 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/MARA_ECOLI MARA_ECOLI] May be a transcriptional activator of genes involved in the multiple antibiotic resistance (Mar) phenotype. It can also activate genes such as sodA, zwf and micF.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The transcriptional activator, MarA, interacts with RNA polymerase (RNAP) to activate promoters of the mar regulon. Here, we identify the interacting surfaces of MarA and of the carboxy-terminal domain of the alpha subunit of RNAP (alpha-CTD) by NMR-based chemical shift mapping. Spectral changes were monitored for a MarA-DNA complex upon titration with alpha-CTD, and for alpha-CTD upon titration with MarA-DNA. The mapping results were confirmed by mutational studies and retention chromatography. A model of the ternary complex shows that alpha-CTD uses a '265-like determinant' to contact MarA at a surface distant from the DNA. This is unlike the interaction of alpha-CTD with the CRP or Fis activators where the '265 determinant' contacts DNA while another surface of the same alpha-CTD molecule contacts the activator. These results reveal a new versatility for alpha-CTD in transcriptional activation.

Versatility of the carboxy-terminal domain of the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase in transcriptional activation: use of the DNA contact site as a protein contact site for MarA.,Dangi B, Gronenborn AM, Rosner JL, Martin RG Mol Microbiol. 2004 Oct;54(1):45-59. PMID:15458404<ref>PMID:15458404</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[RNA polymerase 3D structures|RNA polymerase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Escherichia coli]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Dangi B]]
[[Category: Gronenborn AM]]
[[Category: Martin RG]]
[[Category: Rosner JL]]