RNA polymerase consists of 12 proteins and pinches DNA with crab scissors” while transcribing it in RNA. Four more proteins are bound in this process. Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers around Seiki Shunichi and Ehara Haruhiko at RIKENs Structural Biology Group have elucidated the precise mechanism of this complex process.”
RIKEN news release, August 4, 2017
RIKEN team observes mechanism of RNA polymerase by cryo-electron microscopy