4gzy

X-ray diffraction
3.51Å resolution

Crystal structures of bacterial RNA Polymerase paused elongation complexes

Released:
Source organism: Thermus thermophilus HB8
Primary publication:
Structural basis of transcriptional pausing in bacteria.
Cell 152 431-41 (2013)
PMID: 23374340

Function and Biology Details

Structure analysis Details

Assembly composition:
hetero octamer (preferred)
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-117571 (preferred)
Entry contents:
4 distinct polypeptide molecules
2 distinct DNA molecules
1 distinct RNA molecule
Macromolecules (7 distinct):
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha Chains: A, B
Molecule details ›
Chains: A, B
Length: 315 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 35.06 KDa
Source organism: Thermus thermophilus HB8
Expression system: Thermus thermophilus
UniProt:
  • Canonical: Q5SHR6 (Residues: 1-315; Coverage: 100%)
Gene names: TTHA1664, rpoA
Sequence domains:
Structure domains:
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' Chain: D
Molecule details ›
Chain: D
Length: 1534 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 172.38 KDa
Source organism: Thermus thermophilus HB8
Expression system: Thermus thermophilus
UniProt:
  • Canonical: Q8RQE8 (Residues: 1-1524; Coverage: 100%)
Gene names: TTHA1812, rpoC
Sequence domains:
DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega Chain: E
Molecule details ›
Chain: E
Length: 99 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 11.53 KDa
Source organism: Thermus thermophilus HB8
Expression system: Thermus thermophilus
UniProt:
  • Canonical: Q8RQE7 (Residues: 1-99; Coverage: 100%)
Gene names: TTHA1561, rpoZ
Sequence domains: RNA polymerase Rpb6
Structure domains: Eukaryotic RPB6 RNA polymerase subunit
non-template DNA Chain: N
Molecule details ›
Chain: N
Length: 13 nucleotides
Theoretical weight: 4 KDa
template DNA Chain: T
Molecule details ›
Chain: T
Length: 22 nucleotides
Theoretical weight: 6.7 KDa
RNA transcript Chain: R
Molecule details ›
Chain: R
Length: 29 nucleotides
Theoretical weight: 9.22 KDa

Ligands and Environments

2 bound ligands:
No modified residues

Experiments and Validation Details

Entry percentile scores
X-ray source: NSLS BEAMLINE X29A
Spacegroup: P3121
Unit cell:
a: 207.21Å b: 207.21Å c: 203.223Å
α: 90° β: 90° γ: 120°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.266 0.263 0.322
Expression system: Thermus thermophilus