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Aromatic amino acids in region 2.3 of Escherichia coli sigma 70 participate collectively in the formation of an RNA polymerase-promoter open complex.
Journal of molecular biology - 23 Jun 2000
Panaghie G, Aiyar S E, Bobb K L, Hayward R S, de Haseth P L
Abstract excerpt
Formation of an initiation-competent RNA polymerase-promoter complex involves DNA melting over a region of about 12 base-pairs, which includes the start site of transcription, thus enabling the template strand to base-pair with the initiating nucleoside triphosphates. By studying the effects of alanine substitutions, we have investigated the role of the aromatic amino residues in the Escherichia coli sigma(70)...
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