C-terminal zinc ribbon domain of archaeal Transcription Factor S (TFS)
TFS is an archaeal protein that stimulates the intrinsic cleavage activity of archaeal RNA polymerase. TFS C-terminal domain shows sequence similarity to the homologous C-terminal zinc ribbon domain of subunits A12.2, Rpb9, and C11 in eukaryotic RNA Polymerases (Pol) I, II, and III, respectively and domain III of TFIIS. TFS is not a subunit of archaeal RNA polymerase even though its domains arrangement is similar to A12.2, Rpb9, and C1. TFS is a transcription factor with a similar function to eukaryotic TFIIS. TFS has external cleavage induction activity and improves the fidelity of transcription. TFS has two zinc-binding domains.
Comment:The zinc ribbon is the most conserved part of RPB9, RPC11, RPA12 subunits of RNA polymerases and it is homologous to TFIIS domain III and the C-terminal zinc ribbon domain of archaeal Transcription Factor S. Three antiparallel b-sheets are stabilized by a tetrad of cysteines that chelate zinc