Structural basis of RNA polymerase recycling by the Swi2/Snf2 family of ATPase RapA in Escherichia coli

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After transcription termination, cellular RNA polymerases (RNAPs) are occasionally trapped on DNA, impounded in an undefined post-termination complex (PTC), limiting the free RNAP pool and subsequently leading to inefficient transcription. In Escherichia coli, a Swi2/Snf2 family of ATPase called RapA is known to be involved in countering such inefficiency through RNAP recycling; however, the precise mechanism of this recycling is unclear. To better understand its mechanism, here we determined the structures of two sets of E. coli RapA-RNAP complexes, along with the RNAP core enzyme and the elongation complex, using cryo-EM. These structures revealed the large conformational changes of RNAP and RapA upon their association that has been implicated in the hindrance of PTC formation. Our results along with DNA-binding assays reveal that although RapA binds RNAP away from the DNA-binding main channel, its binding can allosterically close the RNAP clamp, thereby preventing its nonspecific DNA binding and PTC formation. Taken together, we propose that RapA acts as a guardian of RNAP by which RapA prevents nonspecific DNA binding of RNAP without affecting the binding of promoter DNA recognition σ factor, thereby enhancing RNAP recycling.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:297

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The Journal of biological chemistry - 297(2021), 6 vom: 25. Dez., Seite 101404

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qayyum, M Zuhaib [VerfasserIn]
Molodtsov, Vadim [VerfasserIn]
Renda, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Murakami, Katsuhiko S [VerfasserIn]

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Adenosine Triphosphatases
Cryo-EM
DNA, Bacterial
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
EC 2.7.7.6
EC 3.6.1.-
Escherichia coli Proteins
Journal Article
Multienzyme Complexes
Post-termination complex
RNAP recycling
RapA
RapA protein, E coli
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 26.01.2022

Date Revised 26.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101404

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NLM333125584