9FJP

Cryo-EM structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma-B RNA polymerase bound to -10 promoter element ssDNA oligo

9FJP の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb9fjp/pdb
• EMDBエントリー: 50508
• 分子名称: DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha, DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta, DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta', ... (8 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: rna polymerase; sigma factor; sigb, stress response; -10 promoter element; promoter recognition; tuberculosis, transcription
• 由来する生物種: Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv; 詳細
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 7
• 化学式量合計: 408103.63

構造登録者

Brodolin, K.,Marechal, N. (登録日: 2024-05-31, 公開日: 2025-04-02, 最終更新日: 2025-04-30)

主引用文献

Vishwakarma, R.K.,Marechal, N.,Morichaud, Z.,Blaise, M.,Margeat, E.,Brodolin, K.
Single-stranded DNA drives sigma subunit loading onto mycobacterial RNA polymerase to unlock initiation-competent conformations.
Nucleic Acids Res., 53:-, 2025

PubMed Abstract: Initiation of transcription requires the formation of the "open" promoter complex (RPo). For this, the σ subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) binds to the nontemplate strand of the -10 element sequence of promoters and nucleates DNA unwinding. This is accompanied by a cascade of conformational changes on RNAP, the exact mechanics of which remains elusive. Here, using single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer and cryo-electron microscopy, we explored the conformational landscape of RNAP from the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis upon binding to a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) fragment that includes the -10 element sequence (-10 ssDNA). We found that like the transcription activator RNAP-binding protein A, -10 ssDNA induced σ subunit loading onto the DNA/RNA channels of RNAP. This triggered RNAP clamp closure and unswiveling that are required for RPo formation and RNA synthesis initiation. Our results reveal a mechanism of ssDNA-guided RNAP maturation and identify the σ subunit as a regulator of RNAP conformational dynamics.

PubMed: 40240004
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf272

実験手法

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (3.2 Å)