The X-ray crystal structure of RNA polymerase from Archaea

@article{Hirata2008TheXC,
  title={The X-ray crystal structure of RNA polymerase from Archaea},
  author={Akira Hirata and Brianna J. Klein and Katsuhiko S. Murakami},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2008},
  volume={451},
  pages={851-854}
}
The transcription apparatus in Archaea can be described as a simplified version of its eukaryotic RNA polymerase (RNAP) II counterpart, comprising an RNAPII-like enzyme as well as two general transcription factors, the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and the eukaryotic TFIIB orthologue TFB. It has been widely understood that precise comparisons of cellular RNAP crystal structures could reveal structural elements common to all enzymes and that these insights would be useful in analysing components of… 
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  • R. Weinzierl
  • Biology, Chemistry
    Biochemical Society transactions
  • 2010
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It is demonstrated that the bridge-helix undergoes substantial conformational changes within a narrowly confined region (mjA' Ala(822)-Gln(823)-Ser(824)) during the nucleotide-addition cycle, suggesting that the RNAP active site is conformationally constrained.
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