6alh

CryoEM structure of E.coli RNA polymerase elongation complex

Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

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1. Protein Identity and Related Structures Protein Identity & Related Structures

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha

Escherichia coli (strain K12)

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Other combination	Heteromer	Protein 5 DNA 2 RNA 1	;DNA (5'-D(GPGPGPCPTPAPAPTPGPAPCPGPGPCPGPAPAPTPAPCPCPC)-3') ; × 1 DNA (29-MER) × 1 ;RNA (5'-R(PCPGPGPAPGPAPGPGPUPA)-3') ; × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800） MAGNESIUM ION × 1 ZINC ION × 2	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOA_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	4
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain G； PDBConstruct 1–234； UniProt 1–234 Author chain H； PDBConstruct 1–234； UniProt 1–234

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta

Escherichia coli (strain K12)

UniProt P0A8V2

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Other combination	Heteromer	Protein 5 DNA 2 RNA 1	;DNA (5'-D(GPGPGPCPTPAPAPTPGPAPCPGPGPCPGPAPAPTPAPCPCPC)-3') ; × 1 DNA (29-MER) × 1 ;RNA (5'-R(PCPGPGPAPGPAPGPGPUPA)-3') ; × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 2 （P0A7Z4） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800） MAGNESIUM ION × 1 ZINC ION × 2	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOB_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	5
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain I； PDBConstruct 1–1342； UniProt 1–1342

;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ;

Escherichia coli (strain K12)

UniProt P0A8T7

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Other combination	Heteromer	Protein 5 DNA 2 RNA 1	;DNA (5'-D(GPGPGPCPTPAPAPTPGPAPCPGPGPCPGPAPAPTPAPCPCPC)-3') ; × 1 DNA (29-MER) × 1 ;RNA (5'-R(PCPGPGPAPGPAPGPGPUPA)-3') ; × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 2 （P0A7Z4） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega × 1 （P0A800） MAGNESIUM ION × 1 ZINC ION × 2	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOC_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	6
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain J； PDBConstruct 1–1407； UniProt 1–1407

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega

Escherichia coli (strain K12)

UniProt P0A800

State in the Current Structure

Assembly	Physical composition	Protein state	Molecular copy count	Associated components	Data consistency
1	Other combination	Heteromer	Protein 5 DNA 2 RNA 1	;DNA (5'-D(GPGPGPCPTPAPAPTPGPAPCPGPGPCPGPAPAPTPAPCPCPC)-3') ; × 1 DNA (29-MER) × 1 ;RNA (5'-R(PCPGPGPAPGPAPGPGPUPA)-3') ; × 1 DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha × 2 （P0A7Z4） DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta × 1 （P0A8V2） ;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ; × 1 （P0A8T7） MAGNESIUM ION × 1 ZINC ION × 2	Consistent with all polymers

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

View Construct and Data Evidence

UniProt name	RPOZ_ECOLI
Isoform	—
PDB entities	7
Chains and sequence ranges	Author chain K； PDBConstruct 1–80； UniProt 1–80

The page prioritizes protein identity, the current assembly, associated components, oligomeric state and cross-PDB links. Chain mapping and sequence ranges are retained as data evidence. Internal IDs, import timestamps and assembly operation expressions are maintenance fields and are not shown here.

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2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

Entry ID entry_id	6alh
Deposition date deposition_date	2017-08-07
Structure title title	CryoEM structure of E.coli RNA polymerase elongation complex
Keywords keywords	DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, TRANSCRIPTION, transcription-dna-rna complex; transcription/dna/rna
Experimental Method method	ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

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3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

This page reads only the latest assembly calculations. Every curve maps to an explicit PDB entry, official biological assembly and coordinate model.

6alh__assembly_1__model_1

Assembly 1 · Model 1 · CRYSOL 4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef)

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6alh__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

100 plotted points; both axes use logarithmic scales.

6alh__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

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Rg（Guinier）	47.36 Å
Rg (electron density)	47.14 Å
Total Rg	47.39 Å
Atom count	26008
Residues	3227
Excluded volume	459300 Å³
Maximum q	0.500 Å⁻¹

Assembly	Model	Structure unit	Oligomeric description	Status	CRYSOL	Actions
1	1	`6alh__assembly_1__model_1`	octameric （8）	Success	4.1.3-1-20251215 (887e7ef)	View Download

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4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

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5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (9)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Description description	;DNA (5'-D(GPGPGPCPTPAPAPTPGPAPCPGPGPCPGPAPAPTPAPCPCPC)-3') ;
Molecular weight formula_weight	8840.7 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	A
Atom count atom_count	26008

GGGCTACCTCTCCATGACGGCGAATACCC

Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Description description	DNA (29-MER)
Molecular weight formula_weight	8813.6 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polydeoxyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	B

GGGTATTCGCCGTGTACCTCTCCTAGCCC

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Description description	;RNA (5'-R(PCPGPGPAPGPAPGPGPUPA)-3') ;
Molecular weight formula_weight	6510.0 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polyribonucleotide
Chain IDs strand_id	R

GCAUUCAAAGCGGAGAGGUA

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Description description	DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha
Molecular weight formula_weight	26459.1 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	2

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	G,H

MQGSVTEFLKPRLVDIEQVSSTHAKVTLEPLERGFGHTLGNALRRILLSSMPGCAVTEVEIDGVLHEYSTKEGVQEDILEILLNLKGLAVRVQGKDEVILTLNKSGIGPVTAADITHDGDVEIVKPQHVICHLTDENASISMRIKVQRGRGYVPASTRIHSEEDERPIGRLLVDACYSPVERIAYNVEAARVEQRTDLDKLVIEMETNGTIDPEEAIRRAATILAEQLEAFVDLEVLFQ

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli (strain K12)
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Description description	DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta
Molecular weight formula_weight	150820.9 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	I

MVYSYTEKKRIRKDFGKRPQVLDVPYLLSIQLDSFQKFIEQDPEGQYGLEAAFRSVFPIQSYSGNSELQYVSYRLGEPVFDVQECQIRGVTYSAPLRVKLRLVIYEREAPEGTVKDIKEQEVYMGEIPLMTDNGTFVINGTERVIVSQLHRSPGVFFDSDKGKTHSSGKVLYNARIIPYRGSWLDFEFDPKDNLFVRIDRRRKLPATIILRALNYTTEQILDLFFEKVIFEIRDNKLQMELVPERLRGETASFDIEANGKVYVEKGRRITARHIRQLEKDDVKLIEVPVEYIAGKVVAKDYIDESTGELICAANMELSLDLLAKLSQSGHKRIETLFTNDLDHGPYISETLRVDPTNDRLSALVEIYRMMRPGEPPTREAAESLFENLFFSEDRYDLSAVGRMKFNRSLLREEIEGSGILSKDDIIDVMKKLIDIRNGKGEVDDIDHLGNRRIRSVGEMAENQFRVGLVRVERAVKERLSLGDLDTLMPQDMINAKPISAAVKEFFGSSQLSQFMDQNNPLSEITHKRRISALGPGGLTRERAGFEVRDVHPTHYGRVCPIETPEGPNIGLINSLSVYAQTNEYGFLETPYRKVTDGVVTDEIHYLSAIEEGNYVIAQANSNLDEEGHFVEDLVTCRSKGESSLFSRDQVDYMDVSTQQVVSVGASLIPFLEHDDANRALMGANMQRQAVPTLRADKPLVGTGMERAVAVDSGVTAVAKRGGVVQYVDASRIVIKVNEDEMYPGEAGIDIYNLTKYTRSNQNTCINQMPCVSLGEPVERGDVLADGPSTDLGELALGQNMRVAFMPWNGYNFEDSILVSERVVQEDRFTTIHIQELACVSRDTKLGPEEITADIPNVGEAALSKLDESGIVYIGAEVTGGDILVGKVTPKGETQLTPEEKLLRAIFGEKASDVKDSSLRVPNGVSGTVIDVQVFTRDGVEKDKRALEIEEMQLKQAKKDLSEELQILEAGLFSRIRAVLVAGGVEAEKLDKLPRDRWLELGLTDEEKQNQLEQLAEQYDELKHEFEKKLEAKRRKITQGDDLAPGVLKIVKVYLAVKRRIQPGDKMAGRHGNKGVISKINPIEDMPYDENGTPVDIVLNPLGVPSRMNIGQILETHLGMAAKGIGDKINAMLKQQQEVAKLREFIQRAYDLGADVRQKVDLSTFSDEEVMRLAENLRKGMPIATPVFDGAKEAEIKELLKLGDLPTSGQIRLYDGRTGEQFERPVTVGYMYMLKLNHLVDDKMHARSTGSYSLVTQQPLGGKAQFGGQRFGEMEVWALEAYGAAYTLQEMLTVKSDDVNGRTKMYKNIVDGNHQMEPGMPESFNVLLKEIRSLGINIELEDE

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli (strain K12)
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Description description	;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ;
Molecular weight formula_weight	155366.8 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	J

MKDLLKFLKAQTKTEEFDAIKIALASPDMIRSWSFGEVKKPETINYRTFKPERDGLFCARIFGPVKDYECLCGKYKRLKHRGVICEKCGVEVTQTKVRRERMGHIELASPTAHIWFLKSLPSRIGLLLDMPLRDIERVLYFESYVVIEGGMTNLERQQILTEEQYLDALEEFGDEFDAKMGAEAIQALLKSMDLEQECEQLREELNETNSETKRKKLTKRIKLLEAFVQSGNKPEWMILTVLPVLPPDLRPLVPLDGGRFATSDLNDLYRRVINRNNRLKRLLDLAAPDIIVRNEKRMLQEAVDALLDNGRRGRAITGSNKRPLKSLADMIKGKQGRFRQNLLGKRVDYSGRSVITVGPYLRLHQCGLPKKMALELFKPFIYGKLELRGLATTIKAAKKMVEREEAVVWDILDEVIREHPVLLNRAPTLHRLGIQAFEPVLIEGKAIQLHPLVCAAYNADFDGDQMAVHVPLTLEAQLEARALMMSTNNILSPANGEPIIVPSQDVVLGLYYMTRDCVNAKGEGMVLTGPKEAERLYRSGLASLHARVKVRITEYEKDANGELVAKTSLKDTTVGRAILWMIVPKGLPYSIVNQALGKKAISKMLNTCYRILGLKPTVIFADQIMYTGFAYAARSGASVGIDDMVIPEKKHEIISEAEAEVAEIQEQFQSGLVTAGERYNKVIDIWAAANDRVSKAMMDNLQTETVINRDGQEEKQVSFNSIYMMADSGARGSAAQIRQLAGMRGLMAKPDGSIIETPITANFREGLNVLQYFISTHGARKGLADTALKTANSGYLTRRLVDVAQDLVVTEDDCGTHEGIMMTPVIEGGDVKEPLRDRVLGRVTAEDVLKPGTADILVPRNTLLHEQWCDLLEENSVDAVKVRSVVSCDTDFGVCAHCYGRDLARGHIINKGEAIGVIAAQSIGEPGTQLTMRTFHIGGAASRAAAESSIQVKNKGSIKLSNVKSVVNSSGKLVITSRNTELKLIDEFGRTKESYKVPYGAVLAKGDGEQVAGGETVANWDPHTMPVITEVSGFVRFTDMIDGQTITRQTDELTGLSSLVVLDSAERTAGGKDLRPALKIVDAQGNDVLIPGTDMPAQYFLPGKAIVQLEDGVQISSGDTLARIPQESGGTKDITGGLPRVADLFEARRPKEPAILAEISGIVSFGKETKGKRRLVITPVDGSDPYEEMIPKWRQLNVFEGERVERGDVISDGPEAPHDILRLRGVHAVTRYIVNEVQDVYRLQGVKINDKHIEVIVRQMLRKATIVNAGSSDFLEGEQVEYSRVKIANRELEANGKVGATYSRDLLGITKASLATESFISAASFQETTRVLTEAAVAGKRDELRGLKENVIVGRLIPAGTGYAYHQDRMRRRAAGEAPAAPQVTAEDASASLAELLNAGLGGSDNE

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli (strain K12)
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 7 Entity 7 polymer

Description description	DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega
Molecular weight formula_weight	9094.2 kDa
EC 编号 ec_number	2.7.7.6
Source method src_method	man
Copy count entity_count	1

Polymer Polymer

Polymer type type	polypeptide(L)
Chain IDs strand_id	K

MARVTVQDAVEKIGNRFDLVLVAARRARQMQVGGKDPLVPEENDKTTVIALREIEEGLINNQILDVRERQEQQEQEAAEL

Source Source

Source organism organism	Escherichia coli (strain K12)
NCBI taxonomy ID ncbi_taxonomy_id	83333
Host organism host_organism	Escherichia coli

Entity 8 Entity 8 non-polymer

Description description	MAGNESIUM ION
Molecular weight formula_weight	24.3 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	1

Entity 9 Entity 9 non-polymer

Description description	ZINC ION
Molecular weight formula_weight	65.4 kDa
Source method src_method	syn
Copy count entity_count	2

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Unit-cell length a length_a	1.000 Å
Unit-cell length b length_b	1.000 Å
Unit-cell length c length_c	1.000 Å
Unit-cell angle α angle_alpha	90.00 °
Unit-cell angle β angle_beta	90.00 °
Unit-cell angle γ angle_gamma	90.00 °
Molecules per unit cell Z z_pdb	1

Space group space_group	P 1
Space-group number int_tables_number	1
Crystal system crystal_system	—

Resolution resolution	4.40 Å
Resolution测定Method resolution_method	—
颗粒数 num_particles	162500

CryoEM structure of E.coli RNA polymerase elongation complex

1. Protein Identity and Related Structures Protein Identity & Related Structures

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

;DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta' ;

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit omega

State in the Current Structure

Other States of the Same Protein in the Database

Monomer

Homodimer

Homotetramer

Other homooligomers

Heteromeric or nucleic-acid complex

2. Structure Basics 2. Structure Basics

3. Official assembly/model SAXS Official SAXS Profiles

6alh__assembly_1__model_1

6alh__assembly_1__model_1 | I(q)

6alh__assembly_1__model_1 | P(r) · Pending

4. Crystallography and Experiment 4. Crystallography & Experiment

Unit cell Unit Cell

Symmetry Symmetry

冷冻电镜 EM 3D

5. Entities and Polymers Entities & Polymers (9)

Entity 1 Entity 1 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Entity 2 Entity 2 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Entity 3 Entity 3 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Entity 4 Entity 4 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 5 Entity 5 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 6 Entity 6 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 7 Entity 7 polymer

Polymer Polymer

Source Source

Entity 8 Entity 8 non-polymer

Entity 9 Entity 9 non-polymer

7. Citations (1)