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Archaeal RNA polymerase subunits E and F are not required for transcription in vitro, but a Thermococcus kodakarensis mutant lacking subunit F is temperature-sensitive. 2008

Akira Hirata, and Tamotsu Kanai, and Thomas J Santangelo, and Momoko Tajiri, and Kenji Manabe, and John N Reeve, and Tadayuki Imanaka, and Katsuhiko S Murakami
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

All archaeal genomes encode RNA polymerase (RNAP) subunits E and F that share a common ancestry with the eukaryotic RNAP subunits A43 and A14 (Pol I), Rpb7 and Rpb4 (Pol II), and C25 and C17 (Pol III). By gene replacement, we have isolated archaeal mutants of Thermococcus kodakarensis with the subunit F-encoding gene (rpoF) deleted, but we were unable to isolate mutants lacking the subunit E-encoding gene (rpoE). Wild-type T. kodakarensis grows at temperatures ranging from 60 degrees C to 100 degrees C, optimally at 85 degrees C, and the DeltarpoF cells grew at the same rate as wild type at 70 degrees C, but much slower and to lower cell densities at 85 degrees C. The abundance of a chaperonin subunit, CpkB, was much reduced in the DeltarpoF strain growing at 85 degrees C and increased expression of cpkB, rpoF or rpoE integrated at a remote site in the genome, using a nutritionally regulated promoter, improved the growth of DeltarpoF cells. RNAP preparations purified from DeltarpoF cells lacked subunit F and also subunit E and a transcription factor TFE that co-purifies with RNAP from wild-type cells, but in vitro, this mutant RNAP exhibited no discernible differences from wild-type RNAP in promoter-dependent transcription, abortive transcript synthesis, transcript elongation or termination.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D012321 DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases Enzymes that catalyze DNA template-directed extension of the 3'-end of an RNA strand one nucleotide at a time. They can initiate a chain de novo. In eukaryotes, three forms of the enzyme have been distinguished on the basis of sensitivity to alpha-amanitin, and the type of RNA synthesized. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992). DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases,RNA Polymerases,Transcriptases,DNA-Directed RNA Polymerase,RNA Polymerase,Transcriptase,DNA Dependent RNA Polymerases,DNA Directed RNA Polymerase,DNA Directed RNA Polymerases,Polymerase, DNA-Directed RNA,Polymerase, RNA,Polymerases, DNA-Dependent RNA,Polymerases, DNA-Directed RNA,Polymerases, RNA,RNA Polymerase, DNA-Directed,RNA Polymerases, DNA-Dependent,RNA Polymerases, DNA-Directed
D012808 Sigma Factor A protein which is a subunit of RNA polymerase. It effects initiation of specific RNA chains from DNA. Sigma Element,Sigma Initiation Factor,Sigma Subunit,Minor Sigma Factor,RNA Polymerase Sigma Factor H,Factor, Sigma,Factor, Sigma Initiation,Initiation Factor, Sigma,Sigma Factor, Minor,Subunit, Sigma
D014158 Transcription, Genetic The biosynthesis of RNA carried out on a template of DNA. The biosynthesis of DNA from an RNA template is called REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION. Genetic Transcription
D017353 Gene Deletion A genetic rearrangement through loss of segments of DNA or RNA, bringing sequences which are normally separated into close proximity. This deletion may be detected using cytogenetic techniques and can also be inferred from the phenotype, indicating a deletion at one specific locus. Deletion, Gene,Deletions, Gene,Gene Deletions
D019641 DNA, Archaeal Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of archaea. Archaeal DNA
D019712 Thermococcus A genus of extremely thermophilic heterotrophic archaea, in the family THERMOCOCCACEAE, occurring in heated sea flows. They are anaerobic chemoorganotropic sulfidogens.

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