KMnO4 footprinting to determine the transcription bubble in transcription complexes made with WT VpsR, VpsR D59A, VpsR D59E and VpsRren. (A) Reactive thymines within the transcription bubble are observed at positions −6 and −7 on nontemplate DNA. (B, C) Reactive thymines within the transcription bubble (indicated by vertical line) are observed at positions −11, −4, −3, −2, −1, +1 and +2 on template DNA. RNAP, c-di-GMP, VpsR, Ac∼P and KMnO4 were present as indicated. GA corresponds to G + A ladder. In each panel, images are from the same gel; the white line indicates where intervening lanes were removed.