title: Pleiotropic effects of the rpoC10 mutation affecting the RNA polymerase beta' subunit of Escherichia coli on factor-dependent transcription termination and antitermination.
abstract: Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is composed of four different subunits, 2 alpha, beta, beta' and sigma. Among these subunits, the role of beta' is poorly understood. The rpoC10 mutation affecting beta' has been isolated as a suppressor mutation of the temperature-sensitive nusA11 mutant. DNA sequence analysis revealed that the rpoC10 mutant is a substitution of Lys for Glu-402. This increased positive charge appears to compensate for the increased negative charge present in the nusA11 protein (Asp for Gly-181). In vivo measurements of reporter gene expression have revealed that rpoC10 restores rho-dependent termination but fails to restore rho-independent termination in nusA11. Moreover, the rpoC10 mutation, in combination with any nusA mutation, inhibited lambda Q-mediated antitermination without affecting N antitermination and severely restricted lambda phage development. The inhibition of Q function and lambda growth could be compensated for by overproducing Q. These results suggest that the RNA polymerase beta' subunit plays a crucial role in factor-dependent transcription termination and antitermination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumour Biology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D012318:RNA Polymerase I / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; C066119:Q protein, Bacteriophage lambda; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors; D014764:Viral Proteins; C068727:nusA protein, E coli; D012318:RNA Polymerase I; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins