Conformational flexibility of RNA polymerase III during transcriptional elongation
by single particle reconstruction, at 10 A resolution

#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
Entry | |
| Summary | |
| Database / ID | EM DATA BANK (EMDB) / 1804 |
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| Title | Conformational flexibility of RNA polymerase III during transcriptional elongation |
| Map | RNA Polymerase III at 10A |
| Sample | RNA Polymerase III |
| Keywords | Transcription, RNA polymerase III, elongation complex, transcription initiation, transcription elongation, transcription termination |
| Authors | Fernandez-Tornero C, Bottcher B, Rashid UJ, Steuerwald U, Florchinger B, Devos DP, Lindner D, Muller CW |
| Date | Deposition: 2010-10-04, Header release: 2010-10-08, Map release: 2010-11-01, Last update: 2011-09-09 |
| EMDB Sites | EMDB @PDBe (EU), EMDB @RCSB (USA) |
| Structure Visualization | |
| Movies | Movie Page#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 |
| Supplemental images | |
| Structure viewers | Yorodumi, Launch PeppeR (About PeppeR), Volume viewer (RCSB, PDBe) |
| Related Structure Data | |
| Related Entries |
Cite: data citing same article |
| Similar strucutres (beta) |
List of similar structure data about Omokage system |
Article | |
| Citation - Primary | |
| Article | EMBO J., Vol. 29, Issue 22, Page 3762-72, Year 2010 |
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| Title | Conformational flexibility of RNA polymerase III during transcriptional elongation. |
| Authors | Carlos 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. |
| Keywords | Cryoelectron 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 |
| Links | DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.266, PubMed: 20967027, PMC: PMC2989110 |
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| File | EMD-1804.map ( map file in CCP4 format, 23330 KB ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Projections & Slices | Size of images:
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| Density |
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| Data Type | Image stored as Reals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Space Group Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Map Geometry |
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| Unit Cell | A= B= C: 252 A Alpha=beta=gamma: 90 degrees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pixel Spacing | X= Y= Z: 1.4 A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CCP4 map header info | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annotation Details | RNA Polymerase III at 10A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supplement | |
| Images | |
| Images | |
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Sample | |
| Name | RNA Polymerase III |
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| Number of Components | 1 |
| Oligomeric State | RNA PolIII complex of 17 different polypeptides |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.7MDa |
| Details | Sample was monodisperse |
| Mass-estimation Method | Native mass spectrometry |
| Experimental Mass | 0.7MDa |
| Component #1: protein - Pol III | |
| Scientific name | RNA polymerase III |
| Common Name | Pol III |
| Theoretical Mass | 0.7 MDa |
| Experimental Mass | 0.7 MDa |
| Oligomeric Details | Complex of 17 subunits |
| Scientific Name of Species | Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Common Name of Species | Baker's yeast |
| NCBI taxonomy | 4932 |
| Recombinant expression | Yes |
| Natural Source | Cell Location: Nuclear |
| Engineered Source | NCBI taxonomy: 4932 Expression system: Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Experiment | |
| Sample Preparation | |
| Specimen Conc | 0.5 mg/ml |
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| Specimen Support Details | 400 mesh copper rhodium grids coated with perforated carbon film |
| Specimen State | particle |
| Buffer | Details: 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 150 mM Ammonium sulphate, 10 mM DTT pH: 7.4 |
| Vitrification | |
| Method | Blot for 15 s in controlled environment chamber before plunging |
| Cryogen Name | ETHANE |
| Details | Vitrification instrument: Controlled environment, self-built |
| Humidity | 100 |
| Instrument | HOMEMADE PLUNGER |
| Imaging | |
| Microscope | FEI/PHILIPS CM200FEG |
| Electron Gun | |
| Electron Source | FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Accelerating Voltage | 200 kV |
| Illumination Mode | FLOOD BEAM |
| Lens | |
| Magnification | Nominal: 50000 |
| Astigmatism | Astigmatism was corrected at 200,000 times magnification |
| Nominal Cs | 2 mm |
| Imaging Mode | BRIGHT FIELD |
| Defocus | 1600 nm - 5000 nm |
| Specimen Holder | |
| Holder | eucentric |
| Model | GATAN LIQUID NITROGEN |
| Tilt Angle | 0 degrees - 0 degrees |
| Temperature | 95 K |
| Camera | |
| Detector | Kodak SO163 film |
| Image Acquisition | |
| Scanner | ZEISS SCAI |
| Number of Digital Images | 593 |
| Sampling Size | 7 |
| Quant Bit Number | 8 |
Processing | |
| Method | single particle reconstruction |
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| 3D reconstruction | |
| Algorithm | Projection matching |
| Software | SPIDER |
| CTF Correction | Each particle |
| Details | Maps were calculated from defocus groups,and added. final combined map was amplitude corrected |
| Resolution By Author | 10 A |
| Resolution Method | 0.5 |
| Single Particle | |
| Number of Projections | 40200 |
| Details | ca. 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) | ||
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| Map data | emd_1804.map.gz (20.6 MB) | ||
| Images | 1804.png (160.3 KB) | ||
| FTP directory | ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-1804 | ||
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| movie #2 |
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