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ArticleMolecular cell2018

Correlating Transcription Initiation and Conformational Changes by a Single-Subunit RNA Polymerase with Near Base-Pair Resolution.

Hye Ran Koh, Rahul Roy, Maria Sorokina, Guo-Qing Tang, Divya Nandakumar, Smita S Patel, Taekjip Ha

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Article in Molecular cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed.

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Hye Ran KohDepartment of Physics and Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea.
Rahul RoyDepartment of Physics and Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Maria SorokinaDepartment of Physics and Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Guo-Qing TangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Divya NandakumarDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Smita S PatelDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Electronic address: patelss@rwjms.rutgers.edu.
Taekjip HaDepartment of Physics and Center for the Physics of Living Cells, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Departments of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: tjha@jhu.edu.

Funding

Mechanistic studies of nucleic acid enzymes involved in DNA replication, transcription, and innate immunity.R35GM118086 · NIGMS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SMITA S PATEL · 2016 to 2026
$8.9M
Single Molecule Studies of Nucleic Acids RemodelingR35GM122569 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Taekjip Ha · 2017 to 2026
$3.5M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118086NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122569
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We provide a comprehensive analysis of transcription in real time by T7 RNA Polymerase (RNAP) using single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer by monitoring the entire life history of transcription initiation, including stepwise RNA synthesis with near base-pair resolution, abortive cycling, and transition into elongation. Kinetically branching pathways were observed for abortive initiation with an RNAP either recycling on the same promoter or exchanging with another RNAP from solution. We detected fast and slow populations of RNAP in their transition into elongation, consistent with the efficient and delayed promoter release, respectively, observed in ensemble studies. Real-time monitoring of abortive cycling using three-probe analysis showed that the initiation events are stochastically branched into productive and failed transcription. The abortive products are generated primarily from initiation events that fail to progress to elongation, and a majority of the productive events transit to elongation without making abortive products.

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Promoter Regions, GeneticTranscription, GeneticTranscription Initiation SiteDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesHumansProtein BindingProtein SubunitsRNAViral Proteinsbacteriophage T7 RNA polymeraseDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesProtein SubunitsRNAViral Proteinsabortive RNAclosed complexfluorescenceFRETopen complexpromoter DNAsingle-moleculeT7 RNA polymerasetranscription initiationtransition to elongation

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PMID29775583
PMCPMC5983381

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