title: Identification of a subunit assembly domain in the alpha subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.
abstract: The alpha subunit of Escherichia coli DNA-dependent RNA polymerase is encoded by the rpoA gene and plays a major role in enzyme assembly. A set of C-terminal deletion mutations of the rpoA gene was constructed. The results of mixed reconstitution experiments in vitro, using the truncated alpha polypeptides encoded by the rpoA deletion mutants, suggest that the amino-terminal two-thirds of alpha subunit is sufficient for the formation of pseudo-core complexes containing both beta and beta' subunits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishihama
mesh_terms: D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases