PMID:9927430
| Citation |
Bowers, CW and Dombroski, AJ (1999) A mutation in region 1.1 of sigma70 affects promoter DNA binding by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme. EMBO J. 18:709-16 |
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| Abstract |
The sigma subunit of eubacterial RNA polymerase is essential for initiation of transcription at promoter sites. It directs recognition of DNA sequences by holoenzyme (alpha2betabeta'sigma) and facilitates subsequent steps in the initiation pathway. The primary sigma factor from Escherichia coli, sigma70, has four regions that are conserved among members of the sigma70 family. Previous work has shown that region 1.1 modulates DNA binding by regions 2 and 4 when sigma is separated from the core subunits, and is required for efficient progression through the later steps of initiation in the context of holoenzyme. In this report, we show that an amino acid substitution at position 53 in region 1.1, which converts isoleucine to alanine (I53A), creates a sigma factor that associates with the core subunits to form holoenzyme, but the holoenzyme is severely deficient for promoter binding. The I53A phenotype can be suppressed by truncation of five amino acids from the C-terminus of sigma70. We propose that the behavior of sigma70-I53A is a consequence of impaired ability to undergo a critical conformational change upon binding to the core subunits, which is needed to expose the DNA-binding domains and confer promoter recognition capability upon holoenzyme. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC1171163 Online version:10.1093/emboj/18.3.709 |
| Keywords |
Amino Acid Substitution; Catalytic Domain/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/chemistry; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/genetics; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Holoenzymes/chemistry; Holoenzymes/genetics; Holoenzymes/metabolism; Phenotype; Point Mutation; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Sigma Factor/chemistry; Sigma Factor/genetics; Sigma Factor/metabolism; Suppression, Genetic; Transcription, Genetic |
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