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9810685

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) on inhibition of single-round in vitro transcription and on the kinetics of open complex formation were investigated at the Escherichia coli ribosomal protein promoters rplJ and rpsA P1. The two promoters differ in their saturation characteristics and sensitivities to ppGpp. With a 10:1 molar ratio of RNA polymerase (RNAP) to DNA, saturation of transcription activity and weak inhibition (approximately 30%) are observed at rplJ, in contrast to the weak activity and strong inhibition (approximately 80%) at rpsA P1. In the absence of ppGpp, the two promoters show a threefold difference in the overall rate constants of association (ka) (6.5 x 10(7) M-1 s-1 at rplJ and 2.0 x 10(7) M-1 s-1 at rpsA P1), while the dissociation rate constants (kd) are similar (approximately 4.8 x 10(-5) s-1). The addition of ppGpp causes a twofold reduction in k2 (isomerisation constant) rplJ and a threefold decrease in KB (equilibrium constant of RNAP binding) at rpsA P1. There is a significant twofold increase in kd at rplJ, compared with smaller changes at rpsA P1 and at the non-stringent lacUV5 promoter. These results indicate that ppGpp affects the formation and stability of the open complex at the rplJ promoter, in contrast to the inhibition of RNAP binding to the rpsA P1 promoter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0301-4622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The differential effects of guanosine tetraphosphate on open complex formation at the Escherichia coli ribosomal protein promoters rplJ and rpsA P1.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't