Visualization of two architectures in class-II CAP-dependent transcription activation

Shi, Wei and Jiang, Yanan and Deng, Yibin and Dong, Zigang and Liu, Bin (2020) Visualization of two architectures in class-II CAP-dependent transcription activation. PLOS Biology, 18 (4). e3000706. ISSN 1545-7885

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Abstract

Transcription activation by cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein (CAP) is the classic paradigm of transcription regulation in bacteria. CAP was suggested to activate transcription on class-II promoters via a recruitment and isomerization mechanism. However, whether and how it modifies RNA polymerase (RNAP) to initiate transcription remains unclear. Here, we report cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of an intact Escherichia coli class-II CAP-dependent transcription activation complex (CAP-TAC) with and without de novo RNA transcript. The structures reveal two distinct architectures of TAC and raise the possibility that CAP binding may induce substantial conformational changes in all the subunits of RNAP and transiently widen the main cleft of RNAP to facilitate DNA promoter entering and formation of the initiation open complex. These structural changes vanish during further RNA transcript synthesis. The observations in this study may reveal a possible on-pathway intermediate and suggest a possibility that CAP activates transcription by inducing intermediate state, in addition to the previously proposed stabilization mechanism.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: ScienceOpen Library > Biological Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 30 Dec 2022 11:09
Last Modified: 25 Apr 2024 09:02
URI: http://scholar.researcherseuropeans.com/id/eprint/15

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