Complexes of N antitermination protein of phage lambda with specific and nonspecific RNA target sites on the nascent transcript.
Complexes of N antitermination protein of phage lambda with specific and nonspecific RNA target sites on the nascent transcript.
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噬菌体 lambda 的 N 抗终止蛋白与新生转录物上的特异性和非特异性 RNA 靶位点的复合物。
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10.1021/bi961920q
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1997
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vonHippel,PH
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作者：
VanGilst,MR;Rees,WA;Das,A;vonHippel,PH
The mechanisms that control N protein dependent antitermination in phage λ have counterparts in many eukaryotic systems, including specific regulatory interactions of the antitermination protein with the nascent RNA transcript. Here we describe the specific and nonspecific RNA binding modes of antitermination protein N. These modes differ markedly in RNA binding affinity and in structure. N protein, either free in solution or as a complex with nonspecific RNA, lacks observable secondary and tertiary structure and binds RNA sequences indiscriminately with a dissociation constant (Kd) of ∼10-6M. In contrast N becomes partially folded with at least 16−18 amino acids of ordered α-helical structure and binds much more tightly (Kd≅ 10-9M) on forming a highly specific 1:1 complex with its cognate boxB RNA hairpin. These observations and others are used to help define a bipartite model of N-dependent antitermination in which these specific and nonspecific interactions control the binding of N to the nascent transcript. Finally the role of RNA looping in delivering the bound N to the transcription complex and determining the stability (and thus the terminator specificity) of the resulting antitermination interaction of N with the RNA polymerase is considered in quantitative terms.
