Transcription activation at class II CAP-dependent promoters: two interactions between CAP and RNA polymerase.
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Niu W, Kim Y, Tau G, Heyduk T, Ebright RH
Transcription activation at class II CAP-dependent promoters: two interactions between CAP and RNA polymerase.
Cell. 1996 Dec 13;87(6):1123-34.
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At Class II catabolite activator protein (CAP)-dependent promoters, CAP activates transcription from a DNA site overlapping the DNA site for RNA polymerase. We show that transcription activation at Class II CAP-dependent promoters requires not only the previously characterized interaction between an activating region of CAP and the RNA polymerase alpha subunit C-terminal domain, but also an interaction between a second, promoter-class-specific activating region of CAP and the RNA polymerase alpha subunit N-terminal domain. We further show that the two interactions affect different steps in transcription initiation. Transcription activation at Class II CAP-dependent promoters provides a paradigm for understanding how an activator can make multiple interactions with the transcription machinery, each interaction being responsible for a specific mechanistic consequence.