Promoter selectivity ofEscherichia coliRNA polymerase: omega factor is responsible for the ppGpp sensitivity
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 17 (21) , 8755-8765
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/17.21.8755
Abstract
Transcription in vitro of stringently controlled Escherichia coli genes by purified RNA polymerase holoenzyme is inhibited by guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp). In order to examine possible role of .omega. factor in this ppGpp sensitivity, RNA polymerases with or without the .omega. factor were reconstituted and tested for their ppGpp sensitivity using an in vitro mixed transcription system. RNA polymerase lacking the .omega. factor was found virtually insensitive to ppGpp but the addition of a purified .omega. factor restored the ppGpp sensitivity of this .omega.-free RNA polymerase. These results raise a possibility that the .omega. factor is a regulatory protein of RNA polymerase and is involved in the ppGpp-mediated alteration of the promoter selectivity.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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