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15845400

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
DmTTF is a Drosophila melanogaster mitochondrial DNA-binding protein which binds specifically to two homologous non-coding sequences located at the 3' ends of blocks of genes encoded on opposite strands. In order to test whether this protein acts as transcription termination factor, we assayed the capacity of DmTTF to arrest in vitro the transcription catalyzed by mitochondrial and bacteriophage RNA polymerases. Experiments with human S-100 extracts showed that DmTTF is able to arrest the transcription catalyzed by human mitochondrial RNA polymerase bidirectionally, independently of the orientation of the protein-DNA complex. On the contrary when T3 or T7 RNA polymerases were used, we found that DmTTF prevalently arrests transcription when the DNA-binding site was placed in the reverse orientation with respect to the incoming enzymes. These results demonstrate that DmTTF is a transcription termination factor with a biased polarity and suggest that the DNA-bound protein is structurally asymmetrical, exposing two different faces to RNA polymerases travelling on opposite directions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
331
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro transcription termination activity of the Drosophila mitochondrial DNA-binding protein DmTTF.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't