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SUBMITTER: Doucleff M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680387 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Doucleff Michaeleen M Pelton Jeffrey G JG Lee Peter S PS Nixon B Tracy BT Wemmer David E DE
Journal of molecular biology 20070412 4
The sigma subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) regulates gene expression by directing RNAP to specific promoters. Unlike sigma(70)-type proteins, the alternative sigma factor, sigma(54), requires interaction with an ATPase to open DNA. We present the solution structure of the C-terminal domain of sigma(54) bound to the -24 promoter element, in which the conserved RpoN box motif inserts into the major groove of the DNA. This structure elucidates the basis for sequence specific recognition o ...[more]