Author:
Dulin David,Bauer David L. V.,Malinen Anssi M.,Bakermans Jacob J. W.,Kaller Martin,Morichaud Zakia,Petushkov Ivan,Depken Martin,Brodolin Konstantin,Kulbachinskiy Andrey,Kapanidis Achillefs N.
Abstract
AbstractTranscription in bacteria is controlled by multiple molecular mechanisms that precisely regulate gene expression. Recently, initial RNA synthesis by the bacterial RNA polymerase (RNAP) has been shown to be interrupted by pauses; however, the pausing determinants and the relationship of pausing with productive and abortive RNA synthesis remain poorly understood. Here, we employed single-molecule FRET and biochemical analysis to disentangle the pausing-related pathways of bacterial initial transcription. We present further evidence that region σ3.2 constitutes a barrier after the initial transcribing complex synthesizes a 6-nt RNA (ITC6), halting transcription. We also show that the paused ITC6 state acts as a checkpoint that directs RNAP, in an NTP-dependent manner, to one of three competing pathways: productive transcription, abortive RNA release, or a new unscrunching/scrunching pathway that blocks transcription initiation. Our results show that abortive RNA release and DNA unscrunching are not as tightly coupled as previously thought.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cited by
2 articles.
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