Structural highlights
Function[SPT5_METJA] Stimulates transcription elongation.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00950][1] [SPT4_METJA] Stimulates transcription elongation.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00949][2] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedSpt5 is the only known RNA polymerase-associated factor that is conserved in all three domains of life. We have solved the structure of the Methanococcus jannaschii Spt4/5 complex by X-ray crystallography, and characterized its function and interaction with the archaeal RNAP in a wholly recombinant in vitro transcription system. Archaeal Spt4 and Spt5 form a stable complex that associates with RNAP independently of the DNA-RNA scaffold of the elongation complex. The association of Spt4/5 with RNAP results in a stimulation of transcription processivity, both in the absence and the presence of the non-template strand. A domain deletion analysis reveals the molecular anatomy of Spt4/5--the Spt5 Nus-G N-terminal (NGN) domain is the effector domain of the complex that both mediates the interaction with RNAP and is essential for its elongation activity. Using a mutagenesis approach, we have identified a hydrophobic pocket on the Spt5 NGN domain as binding site for RNAP, and reciprocally the RNAP clamp coiled-coil motif as binding site for Spt4/5. Spt4/5 stimulates transcription elongation through the RNA polymerase clamp coiled-coil motif.,Hirtreiter A, Damsma GE, Cheung AC, Klose D, Grohmann D, Vojnic E, Martin AC, Cramer P, Werner F Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jul 1;38(12):4040-51. Epub 2010 Mar 2. PMID:20197319[3] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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