Functional organization of the Rpb5 subunit shared by the three yeast RNA polymerases.

Rpb5, a subunit shared by the three yeast RNA polymerases, combines a eukaryotic N-terminal module with a globular C-end conserved in all non-bacterial enzymes. Conditional and lethal mutants of the moderately conserved eukaryotic module showed that its large N-terminal helix and a short motif at the end of the module ...
are critical in vivo. Lethal or conditional mutants of the C-terminal globe altered the binding of Rpb5 to Rpb1-beta25/26 (prolonging the Bridge helix) and Rpb1-alpha44/47 (ahead of the Switch 1 loop and binding Rpb5 in a two-hybrid assay). The large intervening segment of Rpb1 is held across the DNA Cleft by Rpb9, consistent with the synergy observed for rpb5 mutants and rpb9Delta or its RNA polymerase I rpa12Delta counterpart. Rpb1-beta25/26, Rpb1-alpha44/45 and the Switch 1 loop were only found in Rpb5-containing polymerases, but the Bridge and Rpb1-alpha46/47 helix bundle were universally conserved. We conclude that the main function of the dual Rpb5-Rpb1 binding and the Rpb9-Rpb1 interaction is to hold the Bridge helix, the Rpb1-alpha44/47 helix bundle and the Switch 1 loop into a closely packed DNA-binding fold around the transcription bubble, in an organization shared by the two other nuclear RNA polymerases and by the archaeal and viral enzymes.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Nucleus, Conserved Sequence, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, Genetic Complementation Test, Humans, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Subunits, RNA Polymerase II, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Nucleic Acids Res.
Date: Dec. 21, 2006
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