Molecular model of Escherichia coli core RNA polymeraseMolecular model of Escherichia coli core RNA polymerase

Structural highlights

3lu0 is a 5 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:,
Gene:b3295, JW3257, pez, phs, rpoA, sez (Escherichia coli), b3987, groN, JW3950, nitB, rif, ron, rpoB, rpoC, stl, stv, tabD (Escherichia coli), b3988, JW3951, rpoC, rpoD, tabB (Escherichia coli), b3649, JW3624, rpoZ (Escherichia coli)
Activity:DNA-directed RNA polymerase, with EC number 2.7.7.6
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The Escherichia coli transcription system is the best characterized from a biochemical and genetic point of view and has served as a model system. Nevertheless, a molecular understanding of the details of E. coli transcription and its regulation, and therefore its full exploitation as a model system, has been hampered by the absence of high-resolution structural information on E. coli RNA polymerase (RNAP). We use a combination of approaches, including high-resolution X-ray crystallography, ab initio structural prediction, homology modeling, and single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, to generate complete atomic models of E. coli core RNAP and an E. coli RNAP ternary elongation complex. The detailed and comprehensive structural descriptions can be used to help interpret previous biochemical and genetic data in a new light and provide a structural framework for designing experiments to understand the function of the E. coli lineage-specific insertions and their role in the E. coli transcription program.

Complete structural model of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase from a hybrid approach.,Opalka N, Brown J, Lane WJ, Twist KA, Landick R, Asturias FJ, Darst SA PLoS Biol. 2010 Sep 14;8(9). pii: e1000483. PMID:20856905[1]

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References

  1. Opalka N, Brown J, Lane WJ, Twist KA, Landick R, Asturias FJ, Darst SA. Complete structural model of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase from a hybrid approach. PLoS Biol. 2010 Sep 14;8(9). pii: e1000483. PMID:20856905 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000483

3lu0, resolution 11.20Å

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