Journal: Transcription
Article Title: Activation and reactivation of the RNA polymerase II trigger loop for intrinsic RNA cleavage and catalysis
doi: 10.4161/trns.28869
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 3. An intact 3′ - hydroxyl group on the ribose of a 3′-terminal UMP is essential for H1085Y-mediated intrinsic cleavage. ( A ) As outlined, RNAP II EC32 (elongation complex with 32-mer RNA) complexes were divided and their nascent RNAs were extended by 1 nt with either UTP, 3′-deoxy-UTP or 2′-deoxy-UTP. Washes omitting metal cofactors are delineated as “-Me 2+ .” Following a washing step in the absence of metal cofactors, ECs were then exposed to Mn 2+ ions to initiate intrinsic cleavage where appropriate. ( B ) Comparison of cleavage reactions by WT (RNA lengths; 32, 33 nt) and H1085Y (RNA lengths; 32, 33 nt) RNAP II enzymes. A terminal 3′-dUMP prevented RNA hydrolysis by H1085Y RNAP II ( lane 12 ), while the WT RNAP II control lanes reveal little WT RNAP II cleavage activity regardless of the nature of the 3′-NMP added. ( C ) Structures of the tested 3′-NMP modified sugars are depicted. Experiments are representative of at least two independent determinations.
Article Snippet: rNTPs and 2′-deoxy-dATP were obtained from GE Healthcare Life Sciences; [α- 32 P] ATP and [γ- 32 P ] ATP from Perkin-Elmer; 2′-deoxy-UTP, 3′-deoxy-UTP and dinucleotide GpG from TriLink Biotechnologies.
Techniques: Comparison, Control, Activity Assay, Modification