6ee8

Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNAP promoter unwinding intermediate complex with RbpA/CarD and AP3 promoter

Loading... Status: waiting for Mol* initialization Structural highlights 6ee8 is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.92Å Ligands: MG, ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function CARD_MYCTU Controls rRNA transcription by binding to the RNA polymerase (RNAP). Required for replication and persistence during infection of mice. Publication Abstract from PubMed A key regulated step of transcription is promoter melting by RNA polymerase (RNAP) to form the open promoter complex(1-3). To generate the open complex, the conserved catalytic core of the RNAP combines with initiation factors to locate promoter DNA, unwind 12-14 base pairs of the DNA duplex and load the template-strand DNA into the RNAP active site. Formation of the open complex is a multi-step process during which transient intermediates of unknown structure are formed(4-6). Here we present cryo-electron microscopy structures of bacterial RNAP-promoter DNA complexes, including structures of partially melted intermediates. The structures show that late steps of promoter melting occur within the RNAP cleft, delineate key roles for fork-loop 2 and switch 2-universal structural features of RNAP-in restricting access of DNA to the RNAP active site, and explain why clamp opening is required to allow entry of single-stranded template DNA into the active site. The key roles of fork-loop 2 and switch 2 suggest a common mechanism for late steps in promoter DNA opening to enable gene expression across all domains of life. Structures of an RNA polymerase promoter melting intermediate elucidate DNA unwinding.,Boyaci H, Chen J, Jansen R, Darst SA, Campbell EA Nature. 2019 Jan;565(7739):382-385. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0840-5. Epub 2019 Jan, 9. PMID:30626968 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Sigma factor 3D structures

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