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Mechanism of transcriptional bursting in bacteria
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Chong S
; Chen C
; Ge H
; Xie XS
Cell
2014[Jul]; 158
(2
): 314-326
PMID25036631
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Transcription of highly expressed genes has been shown to occur in stochastic
bursts. But the origin of such ubiquitous phenomenon has not been understood.
Here, we present the mechanism in bacteria. We developed a high-throughput, in
vitro, single-molecule assay to follow transcription on individual DNA templates
in real time. We showed that positive supercoiling buildup on a DNA segment by
transcription slows down transcription elongation and eventually stops
transcription initiation. Transcription can be resumed upon gyrase binding to the
DNA segment. Furthermore, using single-cell mRNA counting fluorescence in situ
hybridization (FISH), we found that duty cycles of transcriptional bursting
depend on the intracellular gyrase concentration. Together, these findings prove
that transcriptional bursting of highly expressed genes in bacteria is primarily
caused by reversible gyrase dissociation from and rebinding to a DNA segment,
changing the supercoiling level of the segment.