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ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2024

The yin and yang of the universal transcription factor NusG.

Madeleine Delbeau, Ruby Froom, Robert Landick, Seth A Darst, Elizabeth A Campbell

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Madeleine DelbeauLaboratory of Molecular Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Ruby FroomLaboratory of Molecular Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Robert LandickDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Seth A DarstLaboratory of Molecular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Elizabeth A CampbellLaboratory of Molecular Pathogenesis, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: campbee@rockefeller.edu.

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX RNA HAIRPINSR01GM038660 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Robert Landick · 1992 to 2026
$12.2M
Structure, function, and regulation of the bacterial transcription cycleR35GM118130 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI DARST, SETH A. · 2016 to 2025
$8.9M
Structural and functional studies of the mycobacterial transcription cycleR35GM151879 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ELIZABETH A CAMPBELL · 2024 to 2026
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038660NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118130NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM151879
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA polymerase (RNAP), the central enzyme of transcription, intermittently pauses during the elongation stage of RNA synthesis. Pausing provides an opportunity for regulatory events such as nascent RNA folding or the recruitment of transregulators. NusG (Spt5 in eukaryotes and archaea) regulates RNAP pausing and is the only transcription factor conserved across all cellular life. NusG is a multifunctional protein: its N-terminal domain (NGN) binds to RNAP, and its C-terminal KOW domain in bacteria interacts with transcription regulators such as ribosomes and termination factors. In Escherichia coli, NusG acts as an antipausing factor. However, recent studies have revealed that NusG has distinct transcriptional regulatory roles specific to bacterial clades with clinical implications. Here, we focus on NusG's dual roles in the regulation of pausing.

Indexed as

Escherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsPeptide Elongation FactorsBacteriaDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesEscherichia coli ProteinsNusG protein, E coliPeptide Elongation FactorsTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTranscription Factors

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PMID39226817
PMCPMC11421859

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