Force generation in RNA polymerase

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1186-1202

  Wang, Hong Yun ^a   Elston, Tim ^a   Mogilner, Alexander ^b   Oster, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031934004     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77834-8     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Berg, H. C., and L. Turner. 1993. Torque generated by the flagellar motor of Escherichia coli. Biophys. J. 65:2201-2216.
2. Brahms, J., A. M. Michelson, and K. E. van Holde. 1966. Adenylate oligomers in single-and double-strand conformation. J. Mol. Biol. 15-467-488.
3. Chamberlin, M. J. 1994. New models for the mechanism of transcription elongation and its regulation. Harvey Lect. 88:1-21.
4. Erie, D. A., T. D. Yager, and P. von Hippel. 1992. The single-nucleotide addition cycle in transcription: a biophysical and biochemical perspective. Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct. 21:379-415.
5. Finer, J. T., R. M. Simmons, and J. A. Spudich. 1994. Single myosin molecule mechanics: piconewton forces and nanometre steps. Nature. 368:113-119.
6. Hanggi, P., P. Talkner, and M. Borkovec. 1990. Reaction-rate theory: 50 years after Kramers. Rev. Mod. Phys. 62:254-341.
7. Hill, T. L. 1977. Biochemical cycles and free energy transduction. Trends Biochem. Sci. 2:204-207.
8. Hill, T. L. 1989. Free Energy Transduction and Biochemical Cycle Kinetics. Springer Verlag, New York.
9. Hunt, A. J., F. Gittes, and J. Howard. 1994. The force exerted by a single kinesin molecule against a viscous load. Biophys. J. 67:766-781.
10. Kato, K., J. M. Goncalves, G. E. Houts, and F. J. Bollum. 1967. Deoxynucleotide-polymerizing enzymes of calf thymus gland. II. Properties of the terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase. J. Biol. Chem. 242: 2780-2789.
11. Krummel, B., and M. J. Chamberlin. 1992. Structural analysis of ternary complexes of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Deoxyribonuclease I footprinting of defined complexes. J. Mol. Biol. 225:239-250.
12. Landick, R. 1997. RNA polymerase slides home: pause and termination site recognition. Cell 88:741-744.
13. Mogilner, A., and G. Oster. 1996. Cell motility driven by actin polymerization. Biophys. J. 71:3030-3045.
14. Molloy, J. E., J. E. Burns, J. Kendrick-Jones, R. T. Tregear, and D. C. White. 1995. Movement and force produced by a single myosin head. Nature. 378:209-212.
15. Nudler, E., A. Mustaev, E. Lukhtanov, and A. Goldfarb. 1997. The RNA-DNA hybrid maintains the register of transcription by preventing back-tracking of RNA polymerase. Cell. 89:33-41.
16. Peller, L. 1976. On the free-energy changes in the synthesis and degradation of nucleic acids. Biochemistry. 15:141-146.
17. 1-type ATP synthases and ATPases. In Advances In Enzymology. A. Meister, editor. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 173-214.
18. Peskin, C. S., G. M. Odell, and G. Oster. 1993. Cellular motions and thermal fluctuations: the Brownian ratchet. Biophys. J. 65:316-324.
19. Peskin, C. S., and G. Oster. 1995. Coordinated hydrolysis explains the mechanical behavior of kinesin. Biophys. J. 68:202s-210s.
20. Polyakov, A., E. Severinova, and S. A. Darst. 1995. Three-dimensional structure of E. coli core RNA polymerase: promoter binding and elongation conformations of the enzyme. Cell. 83:365-373.
21. Risken, H. 1989. The Fokker-Planck Equation. Springer Verlag, New York.
22. Schnitzer, M. J., and S. M. Block. 1995. Statistical kinetics of processive enzymes. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 60:793-802.
23. Schnitzer, M. J., and S. M. Block. 1997. Kinesin hydrolyses one ATP per 8-nm step. Nature. 388:386-390.
24. Svoboda, K., and S. M. Block. 1994. Force and velocity measured for single kinesin molecules. Cell. 77:773-784.
25. Svoboda, K., P. P. Mitra, and S. M. Block. 1994. Fluctuation analysis of motor protein movement and single enzyme kinetics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 91:11782-11786.
26. Weber, J., and A. E. Senior. 1997. Catalytic mechanism of F1-ATPase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1319:19-58.
27. Yager, T. D., and P. von Hippel. 1987. Transcript elongation and termination in Escherichia coli. In Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. F. Neidhardt, editor. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC. 1241-1275.
28. Yin, H., M. D. Wang, K. Svoboda, R. Landick, S. M. Block, and J. Gelles. 1995. Transcription against an applied force. Science. 270:1653-1657.