Binding of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase to T7 DNA. Displacement of holoenzyme from promoter complexes by heparin
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Binding of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase to T7 DNA. Displacement of holoenzyme from promoter complexes by heparin
Abstract
Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme bound to promoter sites on T7 DNA is attacked and inactivated by the polyanion heparin. The highly stable RNA polymerase-T7 DNA complex formed at the major T7 A1 promoter can be completely inactivated by treatment with heparin, as shown by monitoring the loss of activity of such complexes, and by gel electrophoresis of the RNA products transcribed. The rate of this inactivation is much faster than the rate of dissociation of RNA polymerase from promoter complexes, and thus represents a direct attack of heparin on the polymerase molecule bound at promoter A1. Experiments employing the nitrocellulose filter binding technique suggest that heparin inactivates E. coli RNA polymerase when bound to T7 DNA by directly displacing the enzyme from the DNA. RNA polymerase bound at a minor T7 promoter (promoter C) is much less sensitive to heparin attack than enzyme bound at promoter A1. Thus, the rate of inactivation of RNA polymerase-T7 DNA complexes by heparin is dependent upon the structure of the promoter involved even though the inhibitor binds to a site on the enzyme molecule.
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