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Conformational flexibility of RNA polymerase III during transcriptional elongation

by single particle reconstruction, at 10 A resolution

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Summary
Database / IDEM DATA BANK (EMDB) / 1804
TitleConformational flexibility of RNA polymerase III during transcriptional elongation
MapRNA Polymerase III at 10A
SampleRNA Polymerase III
KeywordsTranscription, RNA polymerase III, elongation complex, transcription initiation, transcription elongation, transcription termination
AuthorsFernandez-Tornero C, Bottcher B, Rashid UJ, Steuerwald U, Florchinger B, Devos DP, Lindner D, Muller CW
DateDeposition: 2010-10-04, Header release: 2010-10-08, Map release: 2010-11-01, Last update: 2011-09-09
EMDB SitesEMDB @PDBe (EU), EMDB @RCSB (USA)
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#1: Surface view with section colored by density value, Surface level: 0.4, Made by UCSF CHIMERA

#2: Surface view colored by radius, Surface level: 0.4, Made by UCSF CHIMERA

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Citation - Primary
ArticleEMBO J., Vol. 29, Issue 22, Page 3762-72, Year 2010
TitleConformational flexibility of RNA polymerase III during transcriptional elongation.
AuthorsCarlos Fernández-Tornero, Bettina Böttcher, Umar Jan Rashid, Ulrich Steuerwald, Beate Flörchinger, Damien P Devos, Doris Lindner, Christoph W Müller
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany.
KeywordsCryoelectron Microscopy, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Protein Multimerization, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RNA Polymerase III (chemistry, 2.7.7.-), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (chemistry), Structural Homology, Protein, Transcription, Genetic
LinksDOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.266, PubMed: 20967027, PMC: PMC2989110
Map
FileEMD-1804.map ( map file in CCP4 format, 23330 KB )
Projections & SlicesSize of images:
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Images are generated by Spider package.

Density
Contour Level:0.4 (by author), 0.4 (movie #1):
Minimum - Maximum: -2.81566 - 3.5073
Average (Standard dev.): -0.00622229 (0.324437)
Data TypeImage stored as Reals
Space Group Number1
Map Geometry
Axis orderXYZ
Dimensions180180180
Origin000
Limit179179179
Spacing180180180
Unit CellA= B= C: 252 A
Alpha=beta=gamma: 90 degrees
Pixel SpacingX= Y= Z: 1.4 A
CCP4 map header info
modeImage stored as Reals
A/pix X/Y/Z1.41.41.4
M x/y/z180180180
origin x/y/z0.0000.0000.000
length x/y/z252.000252.000252.000
alpha/beta/gamma90.00090.00090.000
start NX/NY/NZ-150-150-149
NX/NY/NZ300300300
MAP C/R/S123
start NC/NR/NS000
NC/NR/NS180180180
start NC,NX/NR,NY/NS,NZ
NC,NX/NR,NY/NS,NZ
D min/max/mean-2.8163.507-0.006
Annotation DetailsRNA Polymerase III at 10A
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Sample
NameRNA Polymerase III
Number of Components1
Oligomeric StateRNA PolIII complex of 17 different polypeptides
Theoretical Mass0.7MDa
DetailsSample was monodisperse
Mass-estimation MethodNative mass spectrometry
Experimental Mass0.7MDa
Component #1: protein - Pol III
Scientific nameRNA polymerase III
Common NamePol III
Theoretical Mass0.7 MDa
Experimental Mass0.7 MDa
Oligomeric DetailsComplex of 17 subunits
Scientific Name of SpeciesSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Common Name of SpeciesBaker's yeast
NCBI taxonomy4932
Recombinant expressionYes
Natural SourceCell Location: Nuclear
Engineered SourceNCBI taxonomy: 4932
Expression system: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Experiment
Sample Preparation
Specimen Conc0.5 mg/ml
Specimen Support Details400 mesh copper rhodium grids coated with perforated carbon film
Specimen Stateparticle
BufferDetails: 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 150 mM Ammonium sulphate, 10 mM DTT
pH: 7.4
Vitrification
MethodBlot for 15 s in controlled environment chamber before plunging
Cryogen NameETHANE
DetailsVitrification instrument: Controlled environment, self-built
Humidity100
InstrumentHOMEMADE PLUNGER
Imaging
MicroscopeFEI/PHILIPS CM200FEG
Electron Gun
Electron SourceFIELD EMISSION GUN
Accelerating Voltage200 kV
Illumination ModeFLOOD BEAM
Lens
MagnificationNominal: 50000
AstigmatismAstigmatism was corrected at 200,000 times magnification
Nominal Cs2 mm
Imaging ModeBRIGHT FIELD
Defocus1600 nm - 5000 nm
Specimen Holder
Holdereucentric
ModelGATAN LIQUID NITROGEN
Tilt Angle0 degrees - 0 degrees
Temperature95 K
Camera
DetectorKodak SO163 film
Image Acquisition
ScannerZEISS SCAI
Number of Digital Images593
Sampling Size7
Quant Bit Number8
Processing
Methodsingle particle reconstruction
3D reconstruction
AlgorithmProjection matching
SoftwareSPIDER
CTF CorrectionEach particle
DetailsMaps were calculated from defocus groups,and added. final combined map was amplitude corrected
Resolution By Author10 A
Resolution Method0.5
Single Particle
Number of Projections40200
Detailsca. 100000 particles were sorted into three groups according to compositional differences. The reconstruction shows the most complete species and represents ca. 48% of the particle population.
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Data from EMDB
Header (meta data in XML format)emd-1804.xml (7.9 KB)
Map dataemd_1804.map.gz (20.6 MB)
Images1804.png (160.3 KB)
FTP directoryftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-1804
Movie files
movie #1
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Session file for UCSF-Chimera, 26.3 KB
movie #2
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.webm (WebM/VP8 format), 4.4 MB
Session file for UCSF-Chimera, 26.3 KB