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Single-molecule imaging of RNA polymerase-DNA interactions in real time
Y Harada et al. Biophys J. 1999 Feb.
Abstract
Using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, we have directly observed individual interactions of single RNA polymerase molecules with a single molecule of lambda-phage DNA suspended in solution by optical traps. The interactions of RNA polymerase molecules were not homogeneous along DNA. They dissociated slowly from the positions of the promoters and sequences common to promoters at a rate of approximately 0.66 s-1, which was more than severalfold smaller than the rate at other positions. The association rate constant for the slow dissociation sites was 9.2 x 10(2) bp-1 M-1 s-1. The frequency of binding to the fast dissociation sites was dependent on the A-T composition; it was larger in the AT-rich regions than in the GC-rich regions. RNA polymerase molecules on the fast dissociation sites underwent linear diffusion (sliding) along DNA. The binding to the slow dissociation sites was greatly enhanced when DNA was released to a relaxed state, suggesting that the binding depended on the strain exerted on the DNA. The present method is potentially applicable to the examination of a wide variety of protein-nucleic acid interactions, especially those involved in the process of transcription.
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