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7YPA

Cryo-EM structure of Escherichia coli hairpin-nucleation complex of transcription termination (TTC-hairpin)

Summary for 7YPA
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb7ypa/pdb
EMDB information33997
DescriptorDNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha, MAGNESIUM ION, DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta, ... (10 entities in total)
Functional Keywordstermination, intrinsic termination, hairpin nucleation, factor-independent termination, pre-termination, transcription-dna-rna complex, transcription/dna/rna
Biological sourceEscherichia coli K-12
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Total number of polymer chains9
Total formula weight419546.01
Authors
You, L.L.,Zhang, Y. (deposition date: 2022-08-03, release date: 2022-11-16, Last modification date: 2024-07-03)
Primary citationYou, L.,Omollo, E.O.,Yu, C.,Mooney, R.A.,Shi, J.,Shen, L.,Wu, X.,Wen, A.,He, D.,Zeng, Y.,Feng, Y.,Landick, R.,Zhang, Y.
Structural basis for intrinsic transcription termination.
Nature, 613:783-789, 2023
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PubMed Abstract: Efficient and accurate termination is required for gene transcription in all living organisms. Cellular RNA polymerases in both bacteria and eukaryotes can terminate their transcription through a factor-independent termination pathway-called intrinsic termination transcription in bacteria-in which RNA polymerase recognizes terminator sequences, stops nucleotide addition and releases nascent RNA spontaneously. Here we report a set of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy structures of Escherichia coli transcription intrinsic termination complexes representing key intermediate states of the event. The structures show how RNA polymerase pauses at terminator sequences, how the terminator RNA hairpin folds inside RNA polymerase, and how RNA polymerase rewinds the transcription bubble to release RNA and then DNA. These macromolecular snapshots define a structural mechanism for bacterial intrinsic termination and a pathway for RNA release and DNA collapse that is relevant for factor-independent termination by all RNA polymerases.
PubMed: 36631609
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05604-1
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Experimental method
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (3.05 Å)
Structure validation

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