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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4954
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
The nitrogen regulatory protein NtrC of enteric bacteria activates transcription of the glnA gene by catalyzing isomerization of closed complexes between RNA polymerase and the glnA promoter to open complexes. NtrC binds to sites upstream of glnA that have properties of eukaryotic transcriptional enhancers. NtrC-binding sites were found to facilitate open complex formation when these sites and the glnA promoter were located on different rings of a singly linked catenane, but not when the two rings were decatenated. The results provide evidence that NtrC contacts RNA polymerase-promoter complexes in a process mediated by formation of a DNA loop. NtrC-binding sites serve to tether NtrC near the glnA promoter, thereby increasing the frequency of collisions between NtrC and polymerase-promoter complexes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Bacterial, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Superhelical, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Transposable Elements, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nucleotidyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transposases
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
248
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
486-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-DNA, Superhelical, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-DNA Transposable Elements, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Nucleotidyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Templates, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1970441-Transposases
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
A bacterial enhancer functions to tether a transcriptional activator near a promoter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't