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  • Title: Structural properties of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase Subunits.
    Author: Lowe PA, Malcolm AD.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1976 Apr 15; 64(1):177-88. PubMed ID: 776611.
    Abstract:
    1. The surface of the RNA-polymerase-DNA complex possesses an exposed polypeptide loop. 2. Proteinases with differing specificities (trypsin, chymotrypsin, subtilisin and clostripain) preferentially cleave the exposed region. 3. The cleaved polypeptide is reassembled into RNA polymerase by renaturation from a solvent which promotes a random coil conformation. 4. Isolated beta subunit has a proteolytically resistant nucleus of approximately 70000 molecular weight. This resistant polypeptide may be generated by trypsin, chymotrypsin, subiilisin or clostripain. 5. Isolated alpha subunits are comparatively resistant to proteolysis. 6. Although of similar molecular weights beta and beta' appear to have unrelated primary sequences and markedly different conformations in free solution. 7. Digestion of the beta subunit may be blocked by formation of the alpha2beta subassembly. 8. Evidence is presented suggesting that beta' in the intact enzyme (alpha2beta beta') possesses the exposed polypeptide loop.
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