Identification of a contact site for different transcription activators in region 4 of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase sigma70 subunit - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1998 Dec 18;284(5):1353-65.
doi: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2268.
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- DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2268
Identification of a contact site for different transcription activators in region 4 of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase sigma70 subunit
M A Lonetto et al. J Mol Biol. 1998.
Abstract
The sigma subunit of RNA polymerase orchestrates basal transcription by first binding to core RNA polymerase and then recognizing promoters. Using a series of 16 alanine-substitution mutations, we show that residues in a narrow region of Escherichia coli sigma70 (590 to 603) are involved in transcription activation by a mutationally altered CRP derivative, FNR and AraC. Homology modeling of region 4 of sigma70 to the closely related NarL or 434 Cro proteins, suggests that the five basic residues implicated in activation are either in the C terminus of a long recognition helix that includes residues recognizing the -35 hexamer region of the promoter, or in the subsequent loop, and are ideally positioned to permit interaction with activators. The only substitution that has a significant effect on activator-independent transcription is at R603, indicating that this residue of sigma70 may play a distinct role in transcription initiation.
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