Mycobacterium tuberculosis initial transcription complex comprising sigma H and 5'-OH RNA of 10 ntMycobacterium tuberculosis initial transcription complex comprising sigma H and 5'-OH RNA of 10 nt

Structural highlights

6koq is a 9 chain structure with sequence from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv 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 3.353Å
Ligands:,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

RPOA_MYCTU DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059][1]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

All organisms-bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes-have a transcription initiation factor that contains a structural module that binds within the RNA polymerase (RNAP) active-center cleft and interacts with template-strand single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in the immediate vicinity of the RNAP active center. This transcription initiation-factor structural module preorganizes template-strand ssDNA to engage the RNAP active center, thereby facilitating binding of initiating nucleotides and enabling transcription initiation from initiating mononucleotides. However, this transcription initiation-factor structural module occupies the path of nascent RNA and thus presumably must be displaced before or during initial transcription. Here, we report four sets of crystal structures of bacterial initially transcribing complexes that demonstrate and define details of stepwise, RNA-extension-driven displacement of the "sigma-finger" of the bacterial transcription initiation factor sigma. The structures reveal that-for both the primary sigma-factor and extracytoplasmic (ECF) sigma-factors, and for both 5'-triphosphate RNA and 5'-hydroxy RNA-the "sigma-finger" is displaced in stepwise fashion, progressively folding back upon itself, driven by collision with the RNA 5'-end, upon extension of nascent RNA from approximately 5 nt to approximately 10 nt.

RNA extension drives a stepwise displacement of an initiation-factor structural module in initial transcription.,Li L, Molodtsov V, Lin W, Ebright RH, Zhang Y Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Mar 3. pii: 1920747117. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1920747117. PMID:32127479[2]

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See Also

References

  1. Hu Y, Morichaud Z, Chen S, Leonetti JP, Brodolin K. Mycobacterium tuberculosis RbpA protein is a new type of transcriptional activator that stabilizes the sigma A-containing RNA polymerase holoenzyme. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Aug;40(14):6547-57. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks346. Epub 2012, May 8. PMID:22570422 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gks346
  2. Li L, Molodtsov V, Lin W, Ebright RH, Zhang Y. RNA extension drives a stepwise displacement of an initiation-factor structural module in initial transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Mar 3. pii: 1920747117. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1920747117. PMID:32127479 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920747117

6koq, resolution 3.35Å

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