학술논문

Mycobacterial HelD is a nucleic acids-clearing factor for RNA polymerase
Document Type
article
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
Subject
Science
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
The bacterial helicase-like transcription factor HelD associates with the RNA polymerase (RNAP) and recycles stalled transcription complexes. Here, the authors present the cryo-EM structures of three Mycobacterium smegmatis HelD bound RNAP complexes and further show that HelD can prevent the binding of the RNAP core to non-specific DNA and also actively removes RNAP from stalled elongation complexes.