Bacterial N-Utilization Substance G (NusG) N-terminal (NGN) domain, subgroup 1
The N-Utilization Substance G (NusG) protein is involved in transcription elongation and termination in bacteria. NusG is essential in Escherichia coli and associates with RNA polymerase elongation and Rho-termination. Homologs of the NusG gene exist in all bacteria. The NusG N-terminal domain (NGN) is similar in all NusG homologs, but its C-terminal domain and the linker that separates these two domains are different. The domain organization of NusG suggests that the common properties of NusG and its homologs are due to their similar NGN domains.