1MSW

Structural basis for the transition from initiation to elongation transcription in T7 RNA polymerase


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.275 
  • R-Value Work: 0.241 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.241 

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Literature

Structural Basis for the Transition from Initiation to Elongation Transcription in T7 RNA Polymerase

Yin, Y.W.Steitz, T.A.

(2002) Science 298: 1387-1395

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1077464
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1MSW

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    To make messenger RNA transcripts, bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase (T7 RNAP) undergoes a transition from an initiation phase, which only makes short RNA fragments, to a stable elongation phase. We have determined at 2.1 angstrom resolution the crystal structure of a T7 RNAP elongation complex with 30 base pairs of duplex DNA containing a "transcription bubble" interacting with a 17-nucleotide RNA transcript. The transition from an initiation to an elongation complex is accompanied by a major refolding of the amino-terminal 300 residues. This results in loss of the promoter binding site, facilitating promoter clearance, and creates a tunnel that surrounds the RNA transcript after it peels off a seven-base pair heteroduplex. Formation of the exit tunnel explains the enhanced processivity of the elongation complex. Downstream duplex DNA binds to the fingers domain, and its orientation relative to upstream DNA in the initiation complex implies an unwinding that could facilitate formation of the open promoter complex.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 4
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
DNA-directed RNA polymerase883Escherichia phage T7Mutation(s): 0 
EC: 2.7.7.6
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UniProt GroupP00573
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Template DNAA [auth T]20N/A
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Non-Template DNAB [auth N]17N/A
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Entity ID: 3
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RNA messageC [auth R]10N/A
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.275 
  • R-Value Work: 0.241 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.241 
  • Space Group: C 2 2 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 142.91α = 90
b = 145.46β = 90
c = 145.6γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSrefinement
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
CNSphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2002-11-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-28
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references