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Insights into RNA polymerase catalysis and adaptive evolution gained from mutational analysis of a locus conferring rifampicin resistance.
Nucleic acids research - 2 Nov 2017
Yurieva Olga, Nikiforov Vadim, Nikiforov Vadim, O'Donnell Michael, Mustaev Arkady
Abstract excerpt
S531 of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (RNAP) β subunit is a part of RNA binding domain in transcription complex. While highly conserved, S531 is not involved in interactions within the transcription complex as suggested by X-ray analysis. To understand the basis for S531 conservation we performed systematic mutagenesis of this residue. We find that the most of the mutations significantly decreased...
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