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PDBsum entry 1sfo

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Transcription/DNA-RNA hybrid PDB id
1sfo

 

 

 

 

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Protein chains
1395 a.a. *
1106 a.a. *
266 a.a. *
214 a.a. *
84 a.a. *
133 a.a. *
119 a.a. *
65 a.a. *
114 a.a. *
46 a.a. *
DNA/RNA
Metals
_MG
_ZN ×8
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1sfo
Name: Transcription/DNA-RNA hybrid
Title: RNA polymerase ii strand separated elongation complex
Structure: RNA strand. Chain: r. Engineered: yes. Other_details: transcript. DNA strand. Chain: t. Engineered: yes. Other_details: template. DNA-directed RNA polymerase ii largest subunit.
Source: Synthetic: yes. Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Baker's yeast. Organism_taxid: 4932. Strain: delta-rpb4. Strain: delta-rpb4
Biol. unit: Dodecamer (from PQS)
Resolution:
3.61Å     R-factor:   0.315     R-free:   0.343
Authors: K.D.Westover,D.A.Bushnell,R.D.Kornberg
Key ref:
K.D.Westover et al. (2004). Structural basis of transcription: separation of RNA from DNA by RNA polymerase II. Science, 303, 1014-1016. PubMed id: 14963331 DOI: 10.1126/science.1090839
Date:
20-Feb-04     Release date:   02-Mar-04    
Supersedes: 1r9r
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P04050  (RPB1_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
1733 a.a.
1395 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P08518  (RPB2_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
1224 a.a.
1106 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P16370  (RPB3_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
318 a.a.
266 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P20434  (RPAB1_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
215 a.a.
214 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P20435  (RPAB2_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
155 a.a.
84 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P20436  (RPAB3_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
146 a.a.
133 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P27999  (RPB9_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB9 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
122 a.a.
119 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P22139  (RPAB5_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC5 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
70 a.a.
65 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P38902  (RPB11_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB11 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
120 a.a.
114 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P40422  (RPAB4_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC4 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
70 a.a.
46 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

DNA/RNA chains
  A-U-C-G-A-G-A-G-G-A 10 bases
  A-C-G-A-T-C-C-T-C-T-C-G-A-T 14 bases

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: Chains A, B, C, E, F, H, I, J, K, L: E.C.2.7.7.6  - DNA-directed Rna polymerase.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
      Reaction: RNA(n) + a ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate = RNA(n+1) + diphosphate
RNA(n)
+ ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate
= RNA(n+1)
+ diphosphate
Molecule diagrams generated from .mol files obtained from the KEGG ftp site

 

 
    Added reference    
 
 
DOI no: 10.1126/science.1090839 Science 303:1014-1016 (2004)
PubMed id: 14963331  
 
 
Structural basis of transcription: separation of RNA from DNA by RNA polymerase II.
K.D.Westover, D.A.Bushnell, R.D.Kornberg.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The structure of an RNA polymerase II-transcribing complex has been determined in the posttranslocation state, with a vacancy at the growing end of the RNA-DNA hybrid helix. At the opposite end of the hybrid helix, the RNA separates from the template DNA. This separation of nucleic acid strands is brought about by interaction with a set of proteins loops in a strand/loop network. Formation of the network must occur in the transition from abortive initiation to promoter escape.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 1.
Fig. 1. RNA and DNA in the structure of a Pol II-transcribing complex. (A) Model for RNA and DNA fitted to electron density for nucleic acids (2F[obs]-F[calc] SigmaA-weighted map, with phases from Pol II alone, contoured at 0.8 Å). The direction of viewis from the Rpb2 side of the Pol II structure, the same as that previously shown of nucleic acids in the transcribing complex [figure 2C in (1)]. RNA is in magenta and template DNA is in cyan. A chain-terminating 3'-dA residue is shown in yellow. (B) Sequences of RNA and DNA in the transcribing complex. Nucleotide positions are numbered with respect to the addition site (i+1 site, denoted +1), with positions upstream extending from -1 and those downstream from +2. The separation of RNA and DNA strands upstream of -8 is indicated schematically. (C) Downstream end of the RNA-DNA hybrid in the previous transcribing-complex structure (1), showing occupancy of the nucleotide addition (i+1) site. (D) Downstream end of the RNA-DNA hybrid in the present transcribing-complex structure, showing vacancy of the nucleotide-addition site. The "bridge helix" (in green), extending across the Pol II cleft between the two largest subunits, and the Mg2+ ion (pink sphere) provide landmarks of the active-center region and points of reference to previous structures. Electron density maps (2F[obs]-F[calc] SigmaA-weighted, with phases from Pol II alone) are shown as gray nets. Figures were generated by PyMOL (12) or SPOCK (13).
Figure 2.
Fig. 2. Separation of RNA transcript from DNA template: the loop/strand network. (A) Portion of Fig. 1A, from residues -2 to -10, viewed from the front of the transcribing complex (rotated 90° around the RNA-DNA hybrid helix axis in Fig. 1A). Unpaired bases are colored orange (-8), purple (-9), and gray (-10). (B) Close-up of residues -7 to -10 of the model in (A). Average distances (in angstrom) between groups ordinarily involved in hydrogen bonding between complementary bases are shown. (C) Electron density for protein loops involved in strand separation. Backbone models of fork loop 1 (orange), rudder (green), and lid (purple) are fitted to electron density as in Fig. 1A. RNA and DNA models are from Fig. 2A. (D) Some residues of protein loops (carbon atoms, yellow; nitrogen atoms, blue) interacting with RNA and DNA. Fork loop 1 (Rpb2) residues Lys471 and Arg476, rudder (Rpb1) residues Ser318 and Arg320, and lid (Rpb1) residue Phe^252 are shown.
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2004, 303, 1014-1016) copyright 2004.  
  Figures were selected by an automated process.  

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Nature of the nucleosomal barrier to RNA polymerase II.
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Inhibition of bacterial RNA polymerase by streptolydigin: stabilization of a straight-bridge-helix active-center conformation.
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PDB codes: 1zyr 2cw0
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NTP-driven translocation and regulation of downstream template opening by multi-subunit RNA polymerases.
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Functional interaction between TFIIB and the Rpb2 subunit of RNA polymerase II: implications for the mechanism of transcription initiation.
  Mol Cell Biol, 24, 3983-3991.  
15282305 C.Jeronimo, M.F.Langelier, M.Zeghouf, M.Cojocaru, D.Bergeron, D.Baali, D.Forget, S.Mnaimneh, A.P.Davierwala, J.Pootoolal, M.Chandy, V.Canadien, B.K.Beattie, D.P.Richards, J.L.Workman, T.R.Hughes, J.Greenblatt, and B.Coulombe (2004).
RPAP1, a novel human RNA polymerase II-associated protein affinity purified with recombinant wild-type and mutated polymerase subunits.
  Mol Cell Biol, 24, 7043-7058.  
15523475 F.J.Asturias (2004).
Another piece in the transcription initiation puzzle.
  Nat Struct Mol Biol, 11, 1031-1033.  
15610738 H.Kettenberger, K.J.Armache, and P.Cramer (2004).
Complete RNA polymerase II elongation complex structure and its interactions with NTP and TFIIS.
  Mol Cell, 16, 955-965.
PDB codes: 1y1v 1y1w 1y1y 1y77
15479635 H.T.Chen, and S.Hahn (2004).
Mapping the location of TFIIB within the RNA polymerase II transcription preinitiation complex: a model for the structure of the PIC.
  Cell, 119, 169-180.  
15537538 K.D.Westover, D.A.Bushnell, and R.D.Kornberg (2004).
Structural basis of transcription: nucleotide selection by rotation in the RNA polymerase II active center.
  Cell, 119, 481-489.
PDB codes: 1r9s 1r9t 1twa 1twc 1twf 1twg 1twh
15231739 M.L.Duquette, P.Handa, J.A.Vincent, A.F.Taylor, and N.Maizels (2004).
Intracellular transcription of G-rich DNAs induces formation of G-loops, novel structures containing G4 DNA.
  Genes Dev, 18, 1618-1629.  
15114340 S.Hahn (2004).
Structure and mechanism of the RNA polymerase II transcription machinery.
  Nat Struct Mol Biol, 11, 394-403.  
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