Intrinsic termination of T7 RNA polymerase mediated by either RNA or DNA.

AUTOR(ES)

Hartvig, L

RESUMO

Intrinsic termination of T7 RNA polymerase transcription occurs at different signals in vitro. One type of signal is similar to that mediating factor-independent termination of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase, whereas the other type does not involve RNA hairpin formation. By examining the termination behaviour of T7 RNA polymerase at the E.coli rrnB operon t1 terminator, at the T7-t(phi) terminator, at the human preproparathyroid hormone gene terminator on both single- and double-stranded templates, and in the presence of GTP or ITP during transcription, we show that the termination event can be mediated by either RNA or DNA structural features. Moreover, by using co-transcriptional probing with potassium permanganate, we present evidence for the presence of transcription-induced hyperreactive thymidines on the non-template strand in the DNA-mediated event, and a putative sequence motif is identified. We conclude that intrinsic termination of T7 RNA polymerase transcription in vitro can be mediated either by a hairpin in the nascent RNA or by a sequence motif including hyperreactive thymidines in the non-template DNA strand.

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