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ReviewBiomolecules2020

RNA Polymerase and Transcription Mechanisms: The Forefront of Physicochemical Studies of Chemical Reactions.

Nobuo Shimamoto, Masahiko Imashimizu

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Review in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nobuo ShimamotoNational Institute of Genetics Mishima, Shizuoka-ken 411-8540, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7579-0084
Masahiko ImashimizuCellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4891-5034

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of transcription and its regulation is an interdisciplinary field that is closely connected with genetics, structural biology, and reaction theory. Among these, although less attention has been paid to reaction theory, it is becoming increasingly useful for research on transcription. Rate equations are commonly used to describe reactions involved in transcription, but they tend to be used unaware of the timescales of relevant physical processes. In this review, we discuss the limitation of rate equation for describing three-dimensional diffusion and one-dimensional diffusion along DNA. We then introduce the chemical ratchet mechanism recently proposed for explaining the antenna effect, an enhancement of the binding affinity to a specific site on longer DNA, which deviates from a thermodynamic rule. We show that chemical ratchet cannot be described with a single set of rate equations but alternative sets of rate equations that temporally switch no faster than the binding reaction.

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Transcription, GeneticAnimalsDiffusionDNADNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesHumansKineticsPromoter Regions, GeneticThermodynamicsTranscriptional ActivationDNADNA-Directed RNA Polymerasesantenna effectdetailed balanceone-dimensional diffusionphysicochemical techniquesprediction of promotersrate equationreaction theorytranscriptional regulation

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PMID33383858
PMCPMC7823607

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