ジャーナル: Nat Commun / 年: 2022 タイトル: Structural basis of template strand deoxyuridine promoter recognition by a viral RNA polymerase. 著者: Alec Fraser / Maria L Sokolova / Arina V Drobysheva / Julia V Gordeeva / Sergei Borukhov / John Jumper / Konstantin V Severinov / Petr G Leiman / 要旨: Recognition of promoters in bacterial RNA polymerases (RNAPs) is controlled by sigma subunits. The key sequence motif recognized by the sigma, the -10 promoter element, is located in the non-template ...Recognition of promoters in bacterial RNA polymerases (RNAPs) is controlled by sigma subunits. The key sequence motif recognized by the sigma, the -10 promoter element, is located in the non-template strand of the double-stranded DNA molecule ~10 nucleotides upstream of the transcription start site. Here, we explain the mechanism by which the phage AR9 non-virion RNAP (nvRNAP), a bacterial RNAP homolog, recognizes the -10 element of its deoxyuridine-containing promoter in the template strand. The AR9 sigma-like subunit, the nvRNAP enzyme core, and the template strand together form two nucleotide base-accepting pockets whose shapes dictate the requirement for the conserved deoxyuridines. A single amino acid substitution in the AR9 sigma-like subunit allows one of these pockets to accept a thymine thus expanding the promoter consensus. Our work demonstrates the extent to which viruses can evolve host-derived multisubunit enzymes to make transcription of their own genes independent of the host.
温度: 293 K / 手法: 蒸気拡散法, ハンギングドロップ法 / pH: 5 詳細: 1.5 ul aliquot of the AR9 nvRNAP promoter complex (10 mg/mL) was mixed with the same volume of a solution containing 150 mM MIB pH 5, 150 mM LiCl, 13 % PEG 1500 and incubated as a hanging ...詳細: 1.5 ul aliquot of the AR9 nvRNAP promoter complex (10 mg/mL) was mixed with the same volume of a solution containing 150 mM MIB pH 5, 150 mM LiCl, 13 % PEG 1500 and incubated as a hanging drop over the same solution.