Structural insights into human co-transcriptional capping

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The pausing zone and control of RNA polymerase II elongation by Spt5: Implications for the pause-release model

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Ipa1 Is an RNA Polymerase II Elongation Factor that Facilitates Termination by Maintaining Levels of the Poly(A) Site Endonuclease Ysh1

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Charged residues on the side of the nucleosome contribute to normal Spt16-gene interactions in budding yeast

Previous work in Saccharomyces cerevisiae identified three residues located in close proximity to each other on the side of the nucleosome whose integrity is required for proper association of the Spt16 component of the FACT complex across transcribed genes. In an effort to gain further insights into the parameters that control Spt16 interactions with genes in vivo, we tested the effects of additional histone mutants on Spt16 occupancy across two constitutively transcribed genes. These studies revealed that mutations in several charged residues in the vicinity of the three residues originally identified as important for Spt16-gene interactions also significantly perturb normal association of Spt16 across genes. Based on these and our previous findings, we propose that the charge landscape across the region encompassed by these residues, which we refer to as the Influences Spt16-Gene Interactions or ISGI region, is an important contributor to proper Spt16-gene interactions in vivo.     

RNA聚合酶II中的CTD结构在mRNA转录和加工偶联过程中的重要作用

RNA聚合酶II最大亚基末端的羧基端结构域（CTD）是由以七氨基酸（-Tyr-Ser-Pro-Thr-Ser- Pro-Ser-）为重复单位的高度保守的重复序列组成的。因其结构与功能上的特殊性,它在近年来受到学术界的广泛关注。诸多的实验表明,该结构可通过与mRNA加工因子的相互作用而对其加工过程产生直接或间接的影响,在mRNA的转录和加工的偶联过程中具有重要的作用。本文即是根据近年来的实验结果对其结构和功能做出的综述性介绍。