6woy | pdb_00006woy

Thermus thermophilus RNA polymerase initially transcribing complex with 3'dCTP

spinqualitylabelsall models 6woy, resolution 3.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 6woy is a 9 chain structure with sequence from Thermus thermophilus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 3Å Ligands: CH1, MG, ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function RPOA_THET8 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. Publication Abstract from PubMed RNA polymerases (RNAPs) synthesize RNA from NTPs, whereas DNA polymerases synthesize DNA from 2'dNTPs. DNA polymerases select against NTPs by using steric gates to exclude the 2'OH, but RNAPs have to employ alternative selection strategies. In single-subunit RNAPs, a conserved Tyr residue discriminates against 2'dNTPs, whereas selectivity mechanisms of multi-subunit RNAPs remain hitherto unknown. Here, we show that a conserved Arg residue uses a two-pronged strategy to select against 2'dNTPs in multi-subunit RNAPs. The conserved Arg interacts with the 2'OH group to promote NTP binding, but selectively inhibits incorporation of 2'dNTPs by interacting with their 3'OH group to favor the catalytically-inert 2'-endo conformation of the deoxyribose moiety. This deformative action is an elegant example of an active selection against a substrate that is a substructure of the correct substrate. Our findings provide important insights into the evolutionary origins of biopolymers and the design of selective inhibitors of viral RNAPs. The mechanism of the nucleo-sugar selection by multi-subunit RNA polymerases.,Makinen JJ, Shin Y, Vieras E, Virta P, Metsa-Ketela M, Murakami KS, Belogurov GA Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 4;12(1):796. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21005-w. PMID:33542236 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also RNA polymerase 3D structures Sigma factor 3D structures

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