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Antibiotic streptolydigin requires noncatalytic Mg2+ for binding to RNA polymerase.

ABSTRACT: Multisubunit RNA polymerase, an enzyme that accomplishes transcription in all living organisms, is a potent target for antibiotics. The antibiotic streptolydigin inhibits RNA polymerase by sequestering the active center in a catalytically inactive conformation. Here, we show that binding of streptolydigin to RNA polymerase strictly depends on a noncatalytic magnesium ion which is likely chelated by the aspartate of the bridge helix of the active center. Substitutions of this aspartate may explain different sensitivities of bacterial RNA polymerases to streptolydigin. These results provide the first evidence for the role of noncatalytic magnesium ions in the functioning of RNA polymerase and suggest new routes for the modification of existing and the design of new inhibitors of transcription.

SUBMITTER: Zorov S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3957892 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Antibiotic streptolydigin requires noncatalytic Mg2+ for binding to RNA polymerase.

Zorov Savva S Yuzenkova Yulia Y Nikiforov Vadim V Severinov Konstantin K Zenkin Nikolay N

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20131216 3

Multisubunit RNA polymerase, an enzyme that accomplishes transcription in all living organisms, is a potent target for antibiotics. The antibiotic streptolydigin inhibits RNA polymerase by sequestering the active center in a catalytically inactive conformation. Here, we show that binding of streptolydigin to RNA polymerase strictly depends on a noncatalytic magnesium ion which is likely chelated by the aspartate of the bridge helix of the active center. Substitutions of this aspartate may explai ...[more]

PMID: 24342645

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