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The interface of sigma with core RNA polymerase is extensive, conserved, and functionally specialized.


ABSTRACT: The sigma subunit of eubacterial RNA polymerase is required throughout initiation, but how it communicates with core polymerase (alpha(2)betabeta') is poorly understood. The present work addresses the location and function of the interface of sigma with core. Our studies suggest that this interface is extensive as mutations in six conserved regions of sigma(70) hinder the ability of sigma to bind core. Direct binding of one of these regions to core can be demonstrated using a peptide-based approach. The same regions, and even equivalent residues, in sigma(32) and sigma(70) alter core interaction, suggesting that sigma(70) family members use homologous residues, at least in part, to interact with core. Finally, the regions of sigma that we identify perform specialized functions, suggesting that different portions of the interface perform discrete roles during transcription initiation.

SUBMITTER: Sharp MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC317155 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The interface of sigma with core RNA polymerase is extensive, conserved, and functionally specialized.

Sharp M M MM   Chan C L CL   Lu C Z CZ   Marr M T MT   Nechaev S S   Merritt E W EW   Severinov K K   Roberts J W JW   Gross C A CA  

Genes & development 19991101 22


The sigma subunit of eubacterial RNA polymerase is required throughout initiation, but how it communicates with core polymerase (alpha(2)betabeta') is poorly understood. The present work addresses the location and function of the interface of sigma with core. Our studies suggest that this interface is extensive as mutations in six conserved regions of sigma(70) hinder the ability of sigma to bind core. Direct binding of one of these regions to core can be demonstrated using a peptide-based appro  ...[more]

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