A Mg2+-dependent RNA tertiary structure forms in the Bacillus subtilis trp operon leader transcript and appears to interfere with trpE translation control by inhibiting TRAP binding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 555-574

  Schaak, Janell E ^a,b   Yakhnin, Helen ^a   Bevilacqua, Philip C ^a,b   Babitzke, Paul ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA folding; RNA secondary structure; RNA tertiary structure; Translation control

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; DNA; MAGNESIUM; MONOVALENT CATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRP RNA BINDING ATTENUATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; MTRB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CROSS LINKING; EXPERIMENT; GENE MAPPING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WILD TYPE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0042736855     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00969-0     Document Type: Article

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