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A novel bacterial transcription cycle involving sigma 54.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1569, USA.

Abstract

sigma 54 is the promoter recognition subunit of the form of bacterial RNA polymerase that transcribes from promoters with enhancer elements. DNase footprinting experiments show that sigma 54 is attached selectively to the template strand, which must be single-stranded for transcription initiation. sigma 54 remains bound at the promoter after core polymerase begins elongation, in contrast to the well-established sigma 70-holoenzyme transcription cycle. Permanganate footprinting experiments show that the bound sigma 54 and the elongating core RNA polymerase downstream of it are each associated with a single-strand DNA region. Template commitment assays show that the promoter-bound sigma 54 must be reconfigured before reinitiation of transcription can occur. This unexpected pathway raises interesting possibilities for transcriptional regulation, especially with regard to control at the level of reinitiation.

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