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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Biol. 2010 Oct 28;405(3):666–678. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.020

Table 2.

Kinetic parameters of single correct NTP addition during T7 RNAP elongation

rNTP:template base kpol (s-1) Kd (μM) kpol/Kd (μM-1.s-1) Elongation substrate
G:dC 190 ± 10 70 ± 10 2.7 C/2APTn+1
3'-dG:dC 45 ± 9 25 ±4 1.8
G:dC 178 ± 15 52 ± 17 3.4 C/2AP-NTn+1

A:dT 145 ± 5 71 ± 11 2.0 T/2AP-Tn+1

C:dG 209 ± 27 30 ± 13 7.5 G/2AP-NTn

U:dA 192 ± 20 98 ± 22 2.0 A/2AP-NTn+1
251 ± 23a 133 ± 20a 1.9a
3'-dU:dA 235 ± 28 185 ± 64 1.3
U:dA 187 ± 22 124 ± 50 1.5 A/2AP-NTn+1 (G-Tn+2)
a

From the rapid chemical quenched-flow measurements.