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2409292

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-8-19
pubmed:abstractText
We have used enzymatic and chemical probes to follow the movement of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase along lacUV5 promoter DNA during transcription initiation. The RNA polymerase does not escape from the promoter but remains tightly bound during the synthesis of the initial bases of the transcript. This initial phase of RNA synthesis involves the reiterative synthesis and release of RNA chains up to ten bases long via the RNA polymerase cycling reaction and the enzyme remains sensitive to rifampicin inhibition. When longer chains are made, promoter-specific binding is disrupted and the enzyme forms a rifampicin-resistant elongation complex with downstream DNA sequences. This elongation complex covers less than half as much DNA and lacks the DNase I-hypersensitive sites and the base-specific contacts that characterize promoter-bound RNA polymerase. These results lead us to suggest that lacUV5 mRNA synthesis is primed by a promoter-bound enzyme complex that synthesizes the initial nine or ten bases in the mRNA chain. Subsequently, when a chain of ten bases, or slightly longer, is made, contacts with promoter DNA are irreversibly disrupted, sigma subunit is lost, and a "true" elongation complex is formed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
183
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Interaction of RNA polymerase with lacUV5 promoter DNA during mRNA initiation and elongation. Footprinting, methylation, and rifampicin-sensitivity changes accompanying transcription initiation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't