Orientation and topography of RNA polymerase III in transcription complexes - PubMed (original) (raw)
Orientation and topography of RNA polymerase III in transcription complexes
B Bartholomew et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1993 Feb.
Abstract
A photo-cross-linking method has been used to map the subunits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA polymerase (Pol) III with respect to DNA in binary (preinitiation) and ternary (RNA-elongating) transcription complexes. Transcription factor- and Pol III-containing complexes have been assembled on S. cerevisiae SUP4 tRNA(Tyr) gene probes containing the photoactive nucleotide 5-[N-(p-azidobenzoyl)-3-aminoallyl]-dUMP in different specified positions. Covalent DNA-protein linkages form upon irradiation of these complexes, and the Pol III subunits that are cross-linked to individual positions in the SUP4 tRNA gene have been identified. RNA Pol III cross-linking has been shown to require the box B downstream promoter element of the tRNA gene and the presence of transcription factor TFIIIB. Further proof of specificity has been provided by demonstrating that particular Pol III subunits move out of the range of upstream-placed photoactive nucleotides, and that others move into the range of downstream-placed photoactive nucleotides, as a consequence of initiating and elongating RNA chains. Binding and specific placement of Pol III have also been shown to require both the B' and the B" components of TFIIIB. Nine Pol III subunits are cross-linked from different positions of the SUP4 tRNA gene's nontranscribed strand. In binary transcription complexes, the two largest Pol III subunits are accessible to photo-cross-linking over the entire stretch of the DNase I footprint. The 27- and 34-kDa Pol III subunits are also relatively extended along DNA; its upstream projection makes the 34-kDa subunit a candidate for interaction with TFIIIB, while the 27-kDa subunit is accessible to photo-cross-linking from the leading edge of the Pol III binding site. Several subunits, including the 82- and 53-kDa subunits in binary transcription complexes, are relatively localized in their accessibility to cross-linking. Multiple Pol III subunits are accessible to specific cross-linking from a single photoactive nucleotide in the middle of the transcription bubble of an arrested ternary transcription complex. It is suggested that this precisely placed transcription complex comprises a dynamic ensemble of structural states rather than a single perfectly constrained entity.
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