ID   RPOA_STRTD              Reviewed;         312 AA.
AC   Q03IH7;
DT   24-JUL-2007, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   14-NOV-2006, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 88.
DE   RecName: Full=DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059};
DE            Short=RNAP subunit alpha {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059};
DE            EC=2.7.7.6 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059};
DE   AltName: Full=RNA polymerase subunit alpha {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059};
DE   AltName: Full=Transcriptase subunit alpha {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059};
GN   Name=rpoA {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059}; OrderedLocusNames=STER_1881;
OS   Streptococcus thermophilus (strain ATCC BAA-491 / LMD-9).
OC   Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae;
OC   Streptococcus.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=322159;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
RC   STRAIN=ATCC BAA-491 / LMD-9;
RX   PubMed=17030793; DOI=10.1073/pnas.0607117103;
RA   Makarova K.S., Slesarev A., Wolf Y.I., Sorokin A., Mirkin B., Koonin E.V.,
RA   Pavlov A., Pavlova N., Karamychev V., Polouchine N., Shakhova V.,
RA   Grigoriev I., Lou Y., Rohksar D., Lucas S., Huang K., Goodstein D.M.,
RA   Hawkins T., Plengvidhya V., Welker D., Hughes J., Goh Y., Benson A.,
RA   Baldwin K., Lee J.-H., Diaz-Muniz I., Dosti B., Smeianov V., Wechter W.,
RA   Barabote R., Lorca G., Altermann E., Barrangou R., Ganesan B., Xie Y.,
RA   Rawsthorne H., Tamir D., Parker C., Breidt F., Broadbent J.R., Hutkins R.,
RA   O'Sullivan D., Steele J., Unlu G., Saier M.H. Jr., Klaenhammer T.,
RA   Richardson P., Kozyavkin S., Weimer B.C., Mills D.A.;
RT   "Comparative genomics of the lactic acid bacteria.";
RL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103:15611-15616(2006).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of
CC       DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates.
CC       {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059}.
CC   -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:
CC       Reaction=a ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate + RNA(n) = diphosphate +
CC         RNA(n+1); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:21248, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:14527, Rhea:RHEA-
CC         COMP:17342, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:61557, ChEBI:CHEBI:140395;
CC         EC=2.7.7.6; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059};
CC   -!- SUBUNIT: Homodimer. The RNAP catalytic core consists of 2 alpha, 1
CC       beta, 1 beta' and 1 omega subunit. When a sigma factor is associated
CC       with the core the holoenzyme is formed, which can initiate
CC       transcription. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059}.
CC   -!- DOMAIN: The N-terminal domain is essential for RNAP assembly and basal
CC       transcription, whereas the C-terminal domain is involved in interaction
CC       with transcriptional regulators and with upstream promoter elements.
CC       {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the RNA polymerase alpha chain family.
CC       {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059}.
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DR   EMBL; CP000419; ABJ66995.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   RefSeq; WP_002952135.1; NC_008532.1.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; Q03IH7; -.
DR   SMR; Q03IH7; -.
DR   GeneID; 66899636; -.
DR   KEGG; ste:STER_1881; -.
DR   HOGENOM; CLU_053084_0_1_9; -.
DR   OMA; LMKFRNF; -.
DR   GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; IEA:UniProt.
DR   GO; GO:0000428; C:DNA-directed RNA polymerase complex; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   GO; GO:0003677; F:DNA binding; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   GO; GO:0003899; F:DNA-directed 5'-3' RNA polymerase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   GO; GO:0046983; F:protein dimerization activity; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0006351; P:transcription, DNA-templated; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule.
DR   Gene3D; 2.170.120.12; -; 1.
DR   Gene3D; 3.30.1360.10; -; 1.
DR   HAMAP; MF_00059; RNApol_bact_RpoA; 1.
DR   InterPro; IPR011262; DNA-dir_RNA_pol_insert.
DR   InterPro; IPR011263; DNA-dir_RNA_pol_RpoA/D/Rpb3.
DR   InterPro; IPR011773; DNA-dir_RpoA.
DR   InterPro; IPR036603; RBP11-like.
DR   InterPro; IPR011260; RNAP_asu_C.
DR   InterPro; IPR036643; RNApol_insert_sf.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR32108; PTHR32108; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF01000; RNA_pol_A_bac; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF03118; RNA_pol_A_CTD; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF01193; RNA_pol_L; 1.
DR   SMART; SM00662; RPOLD; 1.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF55257; SSF55257; 1.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF56553; SSF56553; 1.
DR   TIGRFAMs; TIGR02027; rpoA; 1.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   DNA-directed RNA polymerase; Nucleotidyltransferase; Transcription;
KW   Transferase.
FT   CHAIN           1..312
FT                   /note="DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000296876"
FT   REGION          1..226
FT                   /note="Alpha N-terminal domain (alpha-NTD)"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059"
FT   REGION          242..312
FT                   /note="Alpha C-terminal domain (alpha-CTD)"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00059"
SQ   SEQUENCE   312 AA;  34433 MW;  06AF563327BE742D CRC64;
     MIEFEKPIIT KIDENKDYGK FVIEPLERGY GTTLGNSLRR VLLSSLPGAA VTSIKIDGVL
     HEFDTVPGVR EDVMQIILNI KGLAVKSYVE DEKTIELDVQ GPAEVTAGDI LTDSDIEIVN
     PDHYLFTIAE GASFQATMTV STNRGYVPAE ENKKDDAPVG TLAVDSIYTP VKKVNYQVEP
     ARVGSNDGFD KLTIEIVTNG TIIPEDALGL SARILIEHLN LFTDLTDVAK ATDVMKETEK
     VNDEKLLDRT IEELDLSVRS YNCLKRAGIN TVHDLTEKTE PEMMKVRNLG RKSLEEVKVK
     LADLGLGLKN DK