3gtk

Backtracked RNA polymerase II complex with 18mer RNABacktracked RNA polymerase II complex with 18mer RNA

Structural highlights 3gtk is a 13 chain structure with sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: Related: 3gtg, 3gtj, 3gtl, 3gtm, 3gto, 3gtp, 3gtq Activity: DNA-directed RNA polymerase, with EC number 2.7.7.6 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum 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 PubMed Transcribing RNA polymerases oscillate between three stable states, two of which, pre- and posttranslocated, were previously subjected to x-ray crystal structure determination. We report here the crystal structure of RNA polymerase II in the third state, the reverse translocated, or "backtracked" state. The defining feature of the backtracked structure is a binding site for the first backtracked nucleotide. This binding site is occupied in case of nucleotide misincorporation in the RNA or damage to the DNA, and is termed the "P" site because it supports proofreading. The predominant mechanism of proofreading is the excision of a dinucleotide in the presence of the elongation factor SII (TFIIS). Structure determination of a cocrystal with TFIIS reveals a rearrangement whereby cleavage of the RNA may take place. Structural basis of transcription: backtracked RNA polymerase II at 3.4 angstrom resolution.,Wang D, Bushnell DA, Huang X, Westover KD, Levitt M, Kornberg RD Science. 2009 May 29;324(5931):1203-6. PMID:19478184 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also RNA polymerase

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