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Volume 158, Issue 6

Suppression of Rho-dependent transcription termination defects: evidence for kinetically controlled steps Free

Abstract

The conventional model of Rho-dependent transcription termination in bacteria requires RNA-dependent translocase activity of the termination factor Rho as well as many kinetically controlled steps to execute efficient RNA release from the transcription elongation complex (EC). The involvement of the kinetically controlled steps, such as RNA binding, translocation and RNA release from the EC, means that this termination process must be kinetically coupled to the transcription elongation process. The existence of these steps has not previously been delineated in detail. Moreover, the requirement for translocase activity in Rho-dependent termination has recently been questioned by a radical view, wherein Rho binds to the elongating RNA polymerase (RNAP) prior to loading onto the mRNA. Using growth assays, microarray analyses and reporter-based transcription termination assays , we showed that slowing of the transcription elongation rate by using RNAP mutants ( and ) and growth of the strains in minimal medium suppressed the termination defects of five Rho mutants, three NusG mutants defective for Rho binding and the defects caused by two Rho inhibitors, Psu and bicyclomycin. These results established the existence of kinetically controlled steps in the Rho-dependent termination process and further reinforced the importance of ‘kinetic coupling’ between the two molecular motors, Rho and RNAP, and also argue strongly that the Rho translocation model is an accurate representation of the situation. Finally, these results indicated that one of the major roles of NusG in Rho-dependent termination is to enhance the speed of RNA release from the EC.

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Suppression of in vivo Rho-dependent transcription termination defects: evidence for kinetically controlled steps
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