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ArticleNucleic acids research2002

Interactions of regulated and deregulated forms of the sigma54 holoenzyme with heteroduplex promoter DNA.

Wendy Cannon, Siva R Wigneshweraraj, Martin Buck

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A general mechanism for transcription bubble nucleation in bacteria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wendy CannonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Siva R Wigneshweraraj
Martin Buck
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial sigma54 RNA polymerase holoenzyme binds to promoters as a stable closed complex that is silent for transcription unless acted upon by an enhancer-bound activator protein. Using DNA binding and transcription assays the ability of the enhancer-dependent sigma54 holoenzyme to interact with promoter DNA containing various regions of heteroduplex from -12 to -1 was assessed. Different DNA regions important for stabilising sigma54 holoenzyme-promoter interactions, destabilizing binding, limiting template utilisation in activator-dependent transcription and for stable binding of a deregulated form of the holoenzyme lacking sigma54 Region I were identified. It appears that homoduplex structures are required for early events in sigma54 holoenzyme promoter binding and that disruption of a repressive fork junction structure only modestly deregulates transcription. DNA opening from -5 to -1 appears important for stable engagement of the holoenzyme following activation. The regulatory Region I of sigma54 was shown to be involved in interactions with the sequences in the -5 to -1 area.

Indexed as

DNA-Binding ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceBinding SitesDNADNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesDNA ProbesElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayHoloenzymesKineticsMutationNucleic Acid HeteroduplexesProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryBacterial ProteinsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesDNA ProbesEscherichia coli ProteinsHoloenzymesNucleic Acid HeteroduplexesPspF protein, E coliRNA Polymerase Sigma 54rpoN protein, E coliSigma FactorTrans-Activators

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PMID11842099
PMCPMC100350
OpenAlexW2089780442

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