Exam 3 study guide break down Flashcards
3 primary mechanisms to find bacterial RNAP promoter
sliding
intersegment transfer
intradomain association association and disassociation (hopping)
when is holoenzyme in a closed complex
when it slides onto a promoter
when is holoenzyme in open complex
when sigma factor binds strongly
what happens when holoenzyme is in an open complex
DNA duplex is bent
promoter is denatured
transcription bubble gets bigger
jaws close around downstream sequence
what is abortivive initiation transcripts
RNAP pulls in DNA via a scrunching motion and the stress of that causes short abortive transcripts to come out
what happens from successive abortive initiation events
RNAP breaks away from promoter to transition to elongation
nonspecific interaction by sigma and DNA duplex
is when sigma interacts with the phosphodiester backbone in the closed binary RNAP complex
specific interaction between sigma and DNA duplex
sigma base pairs to -10 and discriminator facilitates the melting that leads to irreversible transition to open RNAP complex
positioning factors with TBP
TFIIIB
SL1
TFIID
where does TBP bind
minor groove in DNA
what happens when TBP binds
DNA bends 80 degrees
brings transcription factors bound upstream in close proximity with RNAP bound downstream
TATA containing initiation mechanism
TBP in TFIID directs TFs to TATA box
B binds
F binds
RNAPII binds
B binds to RNAP to assist D
H binds and phosphorylates CTD
E binds
complex formed
TATA less differences
TFIID binds to Inr via interactions with TAFs
some lack unique transcription start sites
what modification happens on the CTD of RNAPII
phosphorylation by TFIIH and cdk9
what happens when CTD is modified
promoter and transcription factor release
RNAP conformational change
disengages from general TF
tightens interactions with DNA
acquired new proteins to increase RNAPII processivity
recognition site for capping, tailing and splicing
how do elongation factors facilitate continued transcription
- recruit chromatin remodeling complexes to release chromatin that is blocking movement
- interacts with RNAP via a coactivator to unpause enzyme
- act as or recruit elongation factors
- decrease the likelihood RNAP will dissociate
- help RNAP move through nucleosomes
intron definition
5’ and 3’ splice sites are simultaneously recognized by components of the E complex.
U1 and then U2Af
used for small single intron genes in unicellular eukaryotes
exon definition
U2Af binds to 3’ splice site (end of first exon)
U1 binds to 5’ splice site (start of second exon)
complexes are switches to link across
used when introns are long and exons are short
U246 in splicesome interaction
U2 binds to branch point
U5 and U4/U6 bind
U1 and U4 are released
U6 binds to U2
U6 binding to U2 brings 5’ splice site close to branch point
RNAP termination allosteric changes
binding of cleavage factors and subsequent RNA cleavage leads to conformational change
makes enzyme more likely to dissociate