Interactions between the cyclic AMP receptor protein and the Alpha subunit of RNA polymerase at the Escherichia Coli galactose operon P1 Promoter
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 22 (21) , 4375-4380
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/22.21.4375
Abstract
DNAase I footprinting has been used to study open complexes between Escherichia coli RNA polymerase and the galactose operon P1 promoter, both in the absence and the presence of CRP (the cyclic AMP receptor protein, a transcription activator). From the effects of deletion of the C-terminal part of the RNA polymerase alpha subunit, we deduce that alpha binds at the upstream end of both the binary RNA polymerase - galP1 and ternary RNA polymerase - CRP - galP1 complexes. Disruption of the alpha-upstream contact suppresses open complex formation at galP1 at lower temperatures. In ternary RNA polymerase-CRP-galP1 complexes, alpha appeal's to make direct contact with Activating Region 1 in CRP. DNAase I footprinting has been used to detect and quantify interactions between purified alpha and CRP bound at galP1.Keywords
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