Yuzenkova Yulia, Zenkin Nikolay, Severinov Konstantin
Waksman Institute for Microbiology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
J Mol Biol. 2008 Jan 4;375(1):29-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.054. Epub 2007 Oct 25.
Bacteriophage Xp10-encoded transcription factor p7 interacts with host Xanthomonas oryzae RNA polymerase beta' subunit and prevents both promoter recognition by the RNA polymerase holoenzyme and transcription termination by the RNA polymerase core. P7 does not bind to and has no effect on RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli. Here, we use a combination of biochemical and genetic methods to map the p7 interaction site to within four beta' amino acid residues at the N terminus of X. oryzae RNAP beta'. The interaction site is located in an area that is close to the promoter spacer in the open complex and to the upstream boundary of the transcription bubble in the elongation complex, providing a possible explanation of how a small protein can affect both transcription initiation and termination by binding to the same RNA polymerase site.
噬菌体Xp10编码的转录因子p7与宿主水稻黄单胞菌RNA聚合酶β'亚基相互作用,既能阻止RNA聚合酶全酶对启动子的识别,又能阻止RNA聚合酶核心酶的转录终止。P7不与大肠杆菌的RNA聚合酶结合,对其也没有影响。在这里,我们结合生化和遗传方法,将p7相互作用位点定位到水稻黄单胞菌RNAP β'亚基N端的四个β'氨基酸残基范围内。该相互作用位点位于开放复合物中靠近启动子间隔区以及延伸复合物中转录泡上游边界的区域,这为一个小蛋白如何通过结合到同一个RNA聚合酶位点来影响转录起始和终止提供了一种可能的解释。