Changes in the DNA structure of the lac UV5 promoter during formation of an open complex with Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.
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By chemical and enzymatic methods, two stable complexes between Escherichia coli RNA polymerase and a linear DNA fragment carrying the lac UV5 promoter have been identified. In these binary complexes, DNA can adopt two alternate conformations as a function of temperature. Contacts between RNA polymerase and the DNA phosphate backbone are indistinguishable in these two forms, as revealed by probing with pancreatic DNase I. Protection of enhancement of the reactivity of the bases toward (CH3)2SO4 occurs, however, only in the form that predominates above 22 degrees C, RPo. The form stable at low temperature, RPi, is a "closed" complex since no single-stranded region is detectable in the DNA. The strong temperature dependence of the equilibrium constant, the midpoint value of the transition, and the rate of conversion between these two forms are in close agreement with a series of measurements performed by using a transcriptional assay and reported in the preceding paper [Buc, H., & McClure, W. R. (1985) Biochemistry (preceding paper in this issue)]. These data further support the postulated mechanism of open complex formation involving three sequential steps: R + P in equilibrium RPc in equilibrium RPi in equilibrium RPo. The binary complex RPc, which accumulates transiently at 37 degrees C before the isomerization leading to open complex formation, is not significantly protected against enzymatic cleavage or chemical modification and is therefore distinct from RPi and RPo.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Biochemistry
دوره 24 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985