Structural Basis of Transcription Activation: The CAP-αCTD-DNA Complex
- 30 August 2002
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 297 (5586) , 1562-1566
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1076376
Abstract
The Escherichia coli catabolite activator protein (CAP) activates transcription at P lac , P gal , and other promoters through interactions with the RNA polymerase α subunit carboxyl-terminal domain (αCTD). We determined the crystal structure of the CAP-αCTD-DNA complex at a resolution of 3.1 angstroms. CAP makes direct protein-protein interactions with αCTD, and αCTD makes direct protein-DNA interactions with the DNA segment adjacent to the DNA site for CAP. There are no large-scale conformational changes in CAP and αCTD, and the interface between CAP and αCTD is small. These findings are consistent with the proposal that activation involves a simple “recruitment” mechanism.Keywords
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