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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
The transcription factor sigma-54 (sigma 54) is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein that directs RNA polymerase to a particular class of promoter. The interaction of sigma 54 with promoter DNA has been analysed by protein-DNA crosslinking and enzymatic and chemical proteolysis. Direct physical evidence for a DNA-contacting surface within the carboxy-terminal one-third of the protein has been obtained. This region of sigma 54 is likely to be close to the surface of the protein, and contacts DNA when either sigma 54 or the sigma 54-holoenzyme bind specifically to promoter DNA. The amino-terminal region of sigma 54 appears to be highly susceptible to proteolysis, and its integrity influences the accessibility towards proteolysis of a second region of sigma 54, which includes the DNA-contacting surface. Thus the amino-terminal region of sigma 54 may have a role in influencing its DNA-binding properties, the major determinants of which appear to reside in the carboxy-terminal one-third of the protein.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
227-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Cross-Linking Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Klebsiella pneumoniae, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Peptide Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-RNA Polymerase Sigma 54, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Sigma Factor, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Sinorhizobium meliloti, pubmed-meshheading:8170385-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of a DNA-contacting surface in the transcription factor sigma-54.
pubmed:affiliation
Agricultural and Food Research Council, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.