6uu5 | pdb_00006uu5

E. coli sigma-S transcription initiation complex with a 6-nt RNA ("Old" crystal soaked with GTP, UTP, CTP, and dinucleotide GpA for 30 minutes)

spinqualitylabelsall models 6uu5, resolution 5.40Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 6uu5 is a 9 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli K-12 and Synthetic construct. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 5.403Å Ligands: DPO, MG, ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function RPOA_ECOLI DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. This subunit plays an important role in subunit assembly since its dimerization is the first step in the sequential assembly of subunits to form the holoenzyme.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059] Publication Abstract from PubMed In bacteria, the dissociable sigma subunit of the RNA polymerase (RNAP) is responsible for initiating RNA synthesis from specific DNA sites. As nascent RNA grows, downstream DNA unwinds and is pulled into the RNAP, causing stress accumulation and initiation complex destabilization. Processive transcription elongation requires at least partial separation of the sigma factor from the RNAP core enzyme. Here, we present a series of transcription complexes captured between the early initiation and elongation phases via in-crystal RNA synthesis and cleavage. Crystal structures of these complexes indicate that stress accumulation during transcription initiation is not due to clashing of the growing nascent RNA with the sigma(3.2) loop, but results from scrunching of the template strand DNA that is contained inside the RNAP by the sigma(3) domain. Our results shed light on how scrunching of template-strand DNA drives both abortive initiation and sigma-RNAP core separation to transition transcription from initiation to elongation. Structural Insights into Transcription Initiation from De Novo RNA Synthesis to Transitioning into Elongation.,Zuo Y, De S, Feng Y, Steitz TA iScience. 2020 Aug 11;23(9):101445. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101445. PMID:32829286 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Sigma factor 3D structures

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