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SCIENCE
Volume 296, Issue 5571, Pages 1280-1284Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1069594
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The crystal structure of the initiating form of Thermus aquaticus RNA polymerase, containing core RNA polymerase (alpha(2)betabeta'omega) and the promoter specificity or subunit, has been determined at 4 angstrom resolution. Important structural features of the RNA polymerase and their roles in positioning or within the initiation complex are delineated, as well as the role played by or in modulating the opening of the RNA polymerase active-site channel. The two carboxyl-terminal domains of a are separated by 45 angstroms on the surface of the RNA polymerase, but are linked by an extended loop. The loop winds near the RNA polymerase active site, where it may play a role in initiating nucleotide substrate binding, and out through the RNA exit channel. The advancing RNA transcript must displace the loop, leading to abortive initiation and ultimately to a release.
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