Single-stranded DNA drives sigma subunit loading onto RNA polymerase to unlock initiation-competent conformations
Rishi Kishore Vishwakarma, N. Marechal, Zakia Morichaud…·Konstantin L. Brodolin
The paper investigates how single-stranded DNA facilitates sigma subunit loading onto RNA polymerase, enabling the formation of the open promoter complex in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.