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C70A/C72H/C85A/C88H
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mutant enzyme is defective in intrinsic termination and antitermination in vitro. Mutation likely causes a recessive-lethal phenotype
C70H
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mutant enzyme terminates more poorly than wild-type enzyme on put(-) templates, and responds weakly on put. Mutation likely causes a recessive-lethal phenotype
C72H
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mutant enzyme terminates more poorly than wild-type enzyme on put(-) templates, and responds weakly on put. Mutation likely causes a recessive-lethal phenotype
C85H
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mutant enzyme terminates more poorly than wild-type enzyme on put(-) templates, and responds weakly on put. Mutation likely causes a recessive-lethal phenotype
del70-88insGGGG
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mutant enzyme terminates more poorly than wild-type enzyme on put(-) templates, and responds weakly on put. Mutation likely causes a recessive-lethal phenotype
del74-84insGGGG
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mutant enzyme terminates more poorly than wild-type enzyme on put(-) templates, and responds weakly on put. Mutation likely causes a recessive-lethal phenotype
E813A/D814A
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significantly decreased elongation rate, the mutation changes the effect of diphosphate on the 3'-5'-exonuclease reaction, whose addition stimulates the production of UMP through hydrolysis rather than of UTP through diphosphorolysis. The mutation makes the 3'-exonuclease activity independent of TTP. The mutation changes the response of TEC to diphosphate: instead of causing diphosphorolysis it stimulates the exonuclease reaction
N458A
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significantly decreased elongation rate
R1106A
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significantly decreased elongation rate, enhanced exonuclease activity
E244stop
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random mutagenesis, identification of mutant L33, a truncated protein that lacks the C-terminal alpha-subunit, alphaCTD, but is capable of being assembled into the RNAP and carrying out transcription, while it does not respond to signals in the DNA or from protein effectors, overview. The mutant grows faster and exhibits a higher accumulated cell mass than the wild-type in the presence of butanol, phenotype, overview
V257F/L281P
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random mutagenesis, the rpoA14 mutant shows mutations of the C-terminal alpha-subunit, phenotype, overview
V257R
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random mutagenesis, the rpoA22 mutant shows a mutation of the C-terminal alpha-subunit, phenotype, overview
D421A
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mutation results in an enzyme with reduced activity and altered patterns of transcription
D421T
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mutation results in an enzyme with reduced activity and altered patterns of transcription
K631R
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the fraction of catalytically active E form is 38% compared to 100% for the wild-type enzyme. The synthesis of long transcripts is markedly diminished for the mutant due to decreasing processivity
R423A
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mutation results in an enzyme with reduced activity and altered patterns of transcription
R423K
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mutation results in an enzyme with reduced activity and altered patterns of transcription
R425K
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mutation results in an enzyme with reduced activity and altered patterns of transcription
S641A
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 93% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme
W422A
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mutation results in an enzyme that has nearly normal levels of activity and exhibits patterns of transcription that are similar to that of the wild-type enzyme
W422F
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mutation results in an enzyme that has nearly normal levels of activity and exhibits patterns of transcription that are similar to that of the wild-type enzyme
W422R
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mutation results in an enzyme that has nearly normal levels of activity and exhibits patterns of transcription that are similar to that of the wild-type enzyme
W422S
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mutation results in an enzyme that has nearly normal levels of activity and exhibitspatterns of transcription that arew similar to that of the wild-type enzyme
Y639/S641A
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 89% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme
Y639C
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 7.5% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme. The mutation reduces the catalytic specificity for ribonucleoside triphosphates versus deoxynucleoside triphosphates during transcript elongation, which is about 80 for the wild-type enzyme. The remaining specificity factor is 11
Y639H
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 3.7% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme
Y639L
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 43% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme. The mutation reduces the catalytic specificity for ribonucleoside triphosphates versus deoxynucleoside triphosphates during transcript elongation, which is about 80 for the wild-type enzyme. The remaining specificity factor is 11
Y639M
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 50% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme. The mutation reduces the catalytic specificity for ribonucleoside triphosphates versus deoxynucleoside triphosphates during transcript elongation, which is about 80 for the wild-type enzyme. The remaining specificity factor is 5.5
Y639Q
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 1% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme. The mutation reduces the catalytic specificity for ribonucleoside triphosphates vs deoxynucleoside triphosphates during transcript elongation, which is about 80 for the wild-type enzyme. The remaining specificity factor is 4.5
Y639T
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 1.3% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme. The mutation reduces the catalytic specificity for ribonucleoside triphosphates versus deoxynucleoside triphosphates during transcript elongation, which is about 80 for the wild-type enzyme. The remaining specificity factor is 6.5
Y639V
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mutation reduces activity in presence of Mg2+ to 4.3% of the activity of the wild-type enzyme. The mutation reduces the catalytic specificity for ribonucleoside triphosphates versus deoxynucleoside triphosphates during transcript elongation, which is about 80 for the wild-type enzyme. The remaining specificity factor is 19
G711K/N926S/N1103S/N1117S
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site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant mitoRNAP that lacks four natural hydroxylamine cleavage sites
L640D
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the mutant of the PA subunit shows reduced transcriptional activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
L666D
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the mutant of the PA subunit shows reduced transcriptional activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
V636S
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the mutant of the PA subunit shows reduced transcriptional activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
W706A
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the mutant of the PA subunit shows reduced transcriptional activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
H426N
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the rpoB(R)-specific missense mutation is essential for the activation of secondary metabolism, molecular mechanism, overview
R584A
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site-directed mutagenesis, the RNAP holoenzyme containing this sigma70 mutant binds preferentially to promoters bearing a specifically mutated -35 element
D505A
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant shows a weak defect in the escape from a transcriptional stall at A20
E1028Q
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant shows transcription elongation defects
E529Q
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the substitution mutant is are slower than the wild-type enzyme in RNA elongation
G985A/G987A
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the double substitution in subunit Rpb2 is expected to subtly affect the conformation and/or dynamics of K987, an essential residue
K979Q
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lethal mutation in subunit Rpb2
K979R
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lethal mutation in subunit Rpb2
K987Q
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lethal mutation in subunit Rpb2
K987R
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lethal mutation in subunit Rpb2
Q513A
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant shows a weak defect in the escape from a transcriptional stall at A20
R1020K
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lethal mutation in subunit Rpb2
R1020Q
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lethal mutation in subunit Rpb2
R512A
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant shows transcription elongation defects
R766A
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the substitution is lethal, consistent with an important role for this invariant latch residue
R766Q
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the substitution is lethal, consistent with an important role for this invariant latch residue
D505A
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant shows a weak defect in the escape from a transcriptional stall at A20
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E529A
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant is faster in elongation compared to wild type RNAP II
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E529D
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant is faster in elongation compared to wild type RNAP II
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R512C
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant shows transcription elongation defects
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R428A
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site-directed mutagenesis, designed based on substitutions at the homologous position (Rpb2 R512) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNAP II, used as a reference structure, molecular dynamics simulations with starting Tt RNAP TEC structure, PDB 205J, that is in a strained, catalytic conformation that responds very sensitively to the R428A substitution but is stable for wild-type enzyme, overview. Long range conformational coupling linking a dynamic segment of the bridge alpha-helix, the extended fork loop, the active site, and the trigger loop-trigger helix is apparent and adversely affected in beta R428A RNAP. The R428A substitution is instable in the i+1 dTMP-ATP base pair, as indicated by fluctuations in the dTMP O4-ATP N6 base pairing distance in R428A
Y639F
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mutation reduces the catalytic specificity for ribonucleoside triphosphates vs deoxynucleoside triphosphates during transcript elongation, which is about 80 for the wild-type enzyme by a factor of 20 and largely eliminates the KM-difference between rNTPs and dNTPs. The remaining specificity factor of 4 is turnover-number-mediated and is nearly eliminated if Mn2+ is substituted for Mg2+ in the reaction. Mn2+ substitution does not significantly affect the Km difference between rNTPs and dNTPs
Y639F
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the fraction of catalytically active E form is 32% compared to 100% for the wild-type enzyme
E529A
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant is faster in elongation compared to wild type RNAP II
E529A
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the substitution mutant is are faster than the wild-type enzyme in RNA elongation
E529D
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant is faster in elongation compared to wild type RNAP II
E529D
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the substitution mutant is are faster than the wild-type enzyme in RNA elongation
R512C
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mutation in subunit Rpb2, the mutant shows transcription elongation defects
R512C
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site-directed mutagenesis, the highly conserved residue is located about 20 A from Mg2+-I and just C-terminal to the fork loop, molecular dynamics simulations, overview. Mutant Sc Rpb2 R512C is slow in elongation and shows transcriptional defects. Rpb2 R512C may have a defect in CTP-Mg2+ sequestration
additional information
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RNAP mutants: the N-terminal region of T7 RNAP contains a nascent RNA binding site that functions to retain the nascent chain within the ternary complex. The region surrounding residue 240 is involved in binding the initiating NTP. Residues at the very C terminus of T7 RNAP are involved in binding the elongating NTP
additional information
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combined shRNA and dsRNA POLRMT gene silencing
additional information
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suppression of subunit RPC32alpha expression in HeLa cells by siRNAs. Levels of p53 and lamin A/C are dramatically downregulated by ectopic RPC32alpha expression, but either unchanged (lamin A/C) or moderately increased (p53) by ectopic RPC32beta subunit expression
additional information
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for genetic inhibition of Pol III, A549 cells are transfected with siRNA against POLR3G (siPOLR3G_1 and siPOLR3G_2), a subunit of the Pol III complex, or negative control siRNA
additional information
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phenotypes of several sigma70 mutants and of diverse rsd mutants, genetic screening for isolating enhanced-function Rsd mutants, overview. Interaction of Rsd and AlgQ mutants with region 2 and 4 of sigma70, overview
additional information
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mutagenesis by amino-acid replacements altering the RNA polymerase II Switch 1 loop domain, such as rpb1-L1397S. rpb1-L1397S enhances RNA polymerase II occupancy downstream of the URA2 initiator
additional information
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mutations are made in highly conserved residues Rpb2 K979, K987, and R1020 within the active site region of RNAP II, at positions that potentially might be essential for catalytic function. Mutations are constructed in an extended fork region of subunit Rpb2, residues R504-E529, construction of diverse mutant strains, e.g. strain yBC-9 expressing subunit Rpb2 under the control of the Gal promoter and is deleted for the chromosomal copy of the DST1 gene, encoding transcription factor IIS, TFIIS. From the strain yBC-9, the strain yBC-32 was constructed by transformation with pFL39-RPB2-TAP, TRP1
additional information
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mutations are made in highly conserved residues Rpb2 K979, K987, and R1020 within the active site region of RNAP II, at positions that potentially might be essential for catalytic function. Mutations are constructed in an extended fork region of subunit Rpb2, residues R504-E529, construction of diverse mutant strains, e.g. strain yBC-9 expressing subunit Rpb2 under the control of the Gal promoter and is deleted for the chromosomal copy of the DST1 gene, encoding transcription factor IIS, TFIIS. From the strain yBC-9, the strain yBC-32 was constructed by transformation with pFL39-RPB2-TAP, TRP1
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additional information
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the enzyme is chemically modified with AMP o-formylphenyl ester followed by reduction with borohydride, the modified protein catalyzes the labeling of its own largest subunit when incubated with [alpha33P]UTP in the presence of poly[d(A-T)], followed by mapping through using cyanogen bromide, hydroxylamine, or amino acid-specific endoproteinases, overview
additional information
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simulation of diverse McJ25-resistant mutations and their effects on enzyme activity, overview
additional information
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RNAi-targeting of mRNA 39UTR allows regulated depletion of RPB1, mutant RNAP-II containing 1/3 Psi-C-terminal domain is defective in transcription and causes abortive initiation, it is toxic and causes cell death, while a 2/3 Psi-C-terminal domain mutant maintains steady-state transcript levels and still supports cell growth,, overview
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recombinant Xcc core RNAP lacking omega shows a 13fold decrease in enzymatic activity in comparison with that containing omega. Promoter-specific transcription assays by recombinant Xcc core RNAP reconstituted with external added sigma factor show that the absence of omega debilitates the transcriptional activity of Xcc RNAP
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recombinant Xcc core RNAP lacking omega shows a 13fold decrease in enzymatic activity in comparison with that containing omega. Promoter-specific transcription assays by recombinant Xcc core RNAP reconstituted with external added sigma factor show that the absence of omega debilitates the transcriptional activity of Xcc RNAP
additional information
recombinant Xcc core RNAP lacking omega shows a 13fold decrease in enzymatic activity in comparison with that containing omega. Promoter-specific transcription assays by recombinant Xcc core RNAP reconstituted with external added sigma factor show that the absence of omega debilitates the transcriptional activity of Xcc RNAP
additional information
recombinant Xcc core RNAP lacking omega shows a 13fold decrease in enzymatic activity in comparison with that containing omega. Promoter-specific transcription assays by recombinant Xcc core RNAP reconstituted with external added sigma factor show that the absence of omega debilitates the transcriptional activity of Xcc RNAP