Protein Domain : IPR028624

Type:  Family Name:  Transcription elongation factor GreA/GreB
Description:  Bacterial proteins GreA and GreB are necessary for efficient RNA polymerase transcription elongation past template-encoded arresting sites. Arresting sites in DNA have the property of trapping a certain fraction of elongating RNA polymerases that pass through, resulting in locked DNA/RNA/ polymerase ternary complexes. Cleavage of the nascent transcript by cleavage factors, such as greA or greB, allows the resumption of elongation from the new 3' terminus [, ]. Escherichia coliGreA and GreB are sequence homologues and have homologues in every known bacterial genome []. GreA induces cleavage two or three nucleotides behind the terminus and can only prevent the formation of arrested complexes while greB releases longer sequences up to eighteen nucleotides in length and can rescue preexisting arrested complexes. These functional differences correlate with a distinctive structural feature, the distribution of positively charged residues on one face of the N-terminal coiled coil. Remarkably, despite close functional similarity, the prokaryotic Gre factors have no sequence or structural similarity with eukaryotic TFIIS. Short Name:  Tscrpt_elong_fac_GreA/B

2 Child Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR006359 Family Transcription elongation factor GreA
IPR006358 Family Transcription elongation factor GreB

0 Contains

1 Cross References

Identifier
MF_00105

0 Found In

3 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0003677 IPR028624
GO:0070063 IPR028624
GO:0032784 IPR028624

3 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0003677 IPR028624
GO:0070063 IPR028624
GO:0032784 IPR028624

1 Parent Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR023459 Family Transcription elongation factor GreA/GreB family

0 Proteins

3 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            8431948
            7854424
            12914698