1aro: Difference between revisions

[[Image:1aro.jpg|left|200px]]<br /><applet load="1aro" size="350" color="white" frame="true" align="right" spinBox="true"  

The T7 RNA polymerase-T7 lysozyme complex regulates phage gene expression during infection of Escherichia coli. The 2.8 A crystal structure of the complex reveals that lysozyme binds at a site remote from the polymerase active site, suggesting an indirect mechanism of inhibition. Comparison of the T7 RNA polymerase structure with that of the homologous pol I family of DNA polymerases reveals identities in the catalytic site but also differences specific to RNA polymerase function. The structure of T7 RNA polymerase presented here differs significantly from a previously published structure. Sequence similarities between phage RNA polymerases and those from mitochondria and chloroplasts, when interpreted in the context of our revised model of T7 RNA polymerase, suggest a conserved fold.

1ARO is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage_t7 Bacteriophage t7] with <scene name='pdbligand=HG:'>HG</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA-directed_RNA_polymerase DNA-directed RNA polymerase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.7.7.6 2.7.7.6] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1ARO OCA].  

''Page seeded by [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca OCA ] on Thu Feb 21 11:47:34 2008''