Journal: Nat Struct Mol Biol / Year: 2025 Title: DNA topoisomerase I acts as supercoiling sensor for bacterial transcription elongation. Authors: Vita Vidmar / Céline Borde / Lisa Bruno / Nataliya Miropolskaya / Maria Takacs / Claire Batisse / Charlotte Saint-André / Chengjin Zhu / Olivier Espéli / Valérie Lamour / Albert Weixlbaumer / Abstract: During transcription, RNA polymerase (RNAP) continuously unwinds and rewinds DNA, generating negative and positive supercoils upstream and downstream, respectively. Using single-particle cryo-EM, we ...During transcription, RNA polymerase (RNAP) continuously unwinds and rewinds DNA, generating negative and positive supercoils upstream and downstream, respectively. Using single-particle cryo-EM, we elucidated how bacterial RNAP and DNA topoisomerase I (TopoI), which relaxes negative supercoils, operate in close spatial proximity. TopoI binds to relaxed DNA upstream of RNAP, and this involves a conformational switch in the TopoI functional domains. This suggests that TopoI exerts a sensing role before the formation of negative supercoils. On DNA substrates mimicking negatively supercoiled DNA, TopoI threads one strand into the active site for cleavage and binds the complementary strand with an auxiliary domain. Transcriptomic and phenotypic analyses suggest that mutations affecting conformational changes in TopoI impact gene expression and operon polarity in bacteria. In summary, we propose a comprehensive model for DNA relaxation in the proximity of active bacterial transcription.
Name: non-template DNA strand / type: dna / ID: 7 / Classification: DNA
Source (natural)
Organism: synthetic construct (others)
Sequence
String:
TAGATTGGTC AGTACGTCCT ATCGATCTTC GGAAGAGATT CAGAG
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Macromolecule #9: template DNA strand
Macromolecule
Name: template DNA strand / type: dna / ID: 9 / Classification: DNA
Source (natural)
Organism: synthetic construct (others)
Sequence
String:
CTCTGAATCT CTTCCGACGC GCCGCGGGAC GTACTGACCT TAGAT
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Macromolecule #8: RNA
Macromolecule
Name: RNA / type: rna / ID: 8
Source (natural)
Organism: synthetic construct (others)
Sequence
String:
GAGUCCGCGG CGCG
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Method
cryo EM
Processing
single particle reconstruction
Aggregation state
particle
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Sample preparation
Concentration
10 mg/mL
Buffer
pH: 7.5 Component:
Concentration
Name
10.0 mM
HEPES/KOH
150.0 mM
potassium acetate
5.0 mM
magnesium acetate
0.01 mM
zinc chloride
2.0 mM
DTT
Grid
Model: UltrAuFoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: GOLD / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: GOLD / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Support film - Film thickness: 50 / Pretreatment - Type: PLASMA CLEANING / Pretreatment - Time: 35 sec. / Pretreatment - Atmosphere: OTHER
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 95 % / Chamber temperature: 283 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Average electron dose: 55.55 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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