protein-protein contact;
protein-DNA contact;
chemical nuclease;
transcription regulation;
D O I:
10.1073/pnas.94.21.11274
中图分类号:
O [数理科学和化学];
P [天文学、地球科学];
Q [生物科学];
N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
Interactions between the cAMP receptor protein (CRP) and the carboxy-terminal regulatory domain (CTD) of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase alpha subunit were analyzed at promoters carrying tandem DNA sites for CRP binding using a chemical nuclease covalently attached to alpha. Each CRP dimer was found to direct the positioning of one of the two alpha subunit CTDs. Thus, the function of RNA polymerase may be subject to regulation through protein-protein interactions between the two (alpha subunits and two different species of transcription factors.