Dynamic and structural characterisation of multiple steps during complex formation betweenE. coliRNA polymerase and thetetRpromoter from pSC101
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- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 15 (2) , 575-594
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/15.2.575
Abstract
Kinetic, functional and structural studies of the recognition of the tetR promoter from pSC101 by E.coli RNA polymerase allowed the characterization of several steps in the specific complex formation and transcription initiation process. First, enzyme and DHA enter in a short life-tine complex. An isotnerization will convert this unstable cowplex into a closed stable one where RNA polymerase is tightly attachec without establishing stable chemical contacts with the bases In the next step, stable close contacts appear between both macrornolecules involving mainly the downstrean part of the promoter. A further isomerization will lead to an open complex where DNA is locally melteu and the system is able to initiate transcription. This latter process is accompanied by changes in the upstream part of the promoter. Finally, in vitro transcription assays showed that the position of the major transcription start sites depends on teniperatura. From the reported results, it appears that the recognition event is a sequential process where different structural elements of the promoter, that can be located apart in the sequence, are involved in a concerted manner in each stage.Keywords
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