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Multiple active centers of multi-subunit RNA polymerases.

ABSTRACT: The active center of multi-subunit RNA polymerase consists of two modules, the Mg(2+) module, holding the catalytic Mg(2+) ion, and a module made of a flexible domain, the Trigger Loop. Uniquely, the TL module can be substituted by alternative modules, thus changing the catalytic properties of the active center.

SUBMITTER: Yuzenkova Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3616080 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiple active centers of multi-subunit RNA polymerases.

Yuzenkova Yulia Y Roghanian Mohammad M Zenkin Nikolay N

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The active center of multi-subunit RNA polymerase consists of two modules, the Mg(2+) module, holding the catalytic Mg(2+) ion, and a module made of a flexible domain, the Trigger Loop. Uniquely, the TL module can be substituted by alternative modules, thus changing the catalytic properties of the active center. ...[more]

PMID: 22771945

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