cd09888

Eukaryotic N-Utilization Substance G (NusG) N-terminal (NGN) domain, including plant KTF1 (KOW domain-containing Transcription Factor 1); The N-Utilization Substance G (NusG) protein and its eukaryotic homolog, Spt5, are involved in transcription elongation and termination. NusG contains an NGN domain at its N-terminus and Kyrpides Ouzounis and Woese (KOW) repeats at its C-terminus. Spt5 forms an Spt4-Spt5 complex that is an essential RNA polymerase II elongation factor. NusG was originally discovered as an N-dependent antitermination enhancing activity in Escherichia coli, and has a variety of functions such as its involvement in RNA polymerase elongation and Rho-termination in bacteria. Orthologs of the NusG gene exist in all bacteria, but their functions and requirements are different. Spt5-like is homologous to the Spt5 proteins present in all eukaryotes, which is unique as it encodes a protein with an additional long carboxy-terminal extension that contains WG/GW motifs. Spt5-like, or KTF1 (KOW domain-containing Transcription Factor 1), is a RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway effector in plants.