Positive and negative regulators for neuronal BC1 RNA transcription by RNA polymerase III are possible members of the RNA polymerase II transcription system

2003 ◽  
Vol 111 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 211-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunsuke Kobayashi ◽  
Sakurako Kamo ◽  
Keisuke Agui ◽  
Tomoko Funakoshi ◽  
Kaijiro Anzai
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Rna Polymerase Iii ◽  
Negative Regulators ◽  
Rna Transcription ◽  
Transcription System ◽  
Polymerase Iii ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii Transcription

scholarly journals Unusual Properties of Adenovirus E2E Transcription by RNA Polymerase III

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
pp. 4015-4024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenlin Huang ◽  
S. J. Flint
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Rna Polymerase Iii ◽  
Adenovirus Type ◽  
Transcription Unit ◽  
Promoter Sequences ◽  
Polymerase Iii ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Adenovirus Type 5 ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii Transcription

ABSTRACT In adenovirus type 5-infected cells, RNA polymerase III transcription of a gene superimposed on the 5′ end of the E2E RNA polymerase II transcription unit produces two small (<100-nucleotide) RNAs that accumulate to low steady-state concentrations (W. Huang, R. Pruzan, and S. J. Flint, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:1265-1269, 1984). To gain a better understanding of the function of this RNA polymerase III transcription, we have examined the properties of the small E2E RNAs and E2E RNA polymerase III transcription in more detail. The accumulation of cytoplasmic E2E RNAs and the rates of E2E transcription by the two RNA polymerases during the infectious cycle were analyzed by using RNase T1 protection and run-on transcription assays, respectively. Although the RNA polymerase III transcripts were present at significantly lower concentrations than E2E mRNA throughout the period examined, E2E transcription by RNA polymerase III was found to be at least as efficient as that by RNA polymerase II. The short half-lifes of the small E2E RNAs estimated by using the actinomycin D chase method appear to account for their limited accumulation. The transcription of E2E sequences by RNA polymerase II and III in cells infected by recombinant adenoviruses carrying ectopic E2E-CAT (chloramphenicol transferase) reporter genes with mutations in E2E promoter sequences was also examined. The results of these experiments indicate that recognition of the E2E promoter by the RNA polymerase II transcriptional machinery in infected cells limits transcription by RNA polymerase III, and vice versa. Such transcriptional competition and the properties of E2E RNAs made by RNA polymerase III suggest that the function of this viral RNA polymerase III transcription unit is unusual.

A common octamer motif binding protein is involved in the transcription of U6 snRNA by RNA polymerase III and U2 snRNA by RNA polymerase II

Cell ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Carbon ◽  
Sylvie Murgo ◽  
Jean-Pierre Ebel ◽  
Alain Krol ◽  
Graham Tebb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Rna Polymerase Iii ◽  
U2 Snrna ◽  
U6 Snrna ◽  
Polymerase Iii ◽  
Octamer Motif

Pausing and termination of human RNA polymerase II transcription at a procaryotic terminator

1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 1687-1693
Author(s):  
G W Hatfield ◽  
J A Sharp ◽  
M Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Sequence Specificity ◽  
Late Promoter ◽  
Transcription System ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Major Late Promoter ◽  
Dyad Symmetry ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii Transcription ◽  
Terminator Sequence

Kinetic analyses of runoff transcription in a cell-free eucaryotic transcription system revealed that the bacteriophage lambda 4S RNA terminator caused human RNA polymerase II to pause on the template and partially terminate transcription of transcripts initiated by the adenovirus 2 major late promoter. Analogous to the procaryotic RNA polymerase, the eucaryotic enzyme terminated just beyond the guanine-plus-cytosine-rich region of dyad symmetry in the terminator sequence. These results suggest that the eucaryotic RNA polymerase II may respond to transcription termination sequences similar to those used by the procaryotic enzyme. However, similar templates containing lambda tint or lambda tR1 terminators did not elicit pausing or termination, suggesting that other features, such as sequence specificity, may also be involved.

C25, an essential RNA polymerase III subunit related to the RNA polymerase II subunit RPB7

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 6164-6170
Author(s):  
P P Sadhale ◽  
N A Woychik
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Rna Polymerase Iii ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polymerase Iii ◽  
Conditional Mutant ◽  
5.8S Rrna ◽  
Cell Growth And Viability

We identified a partially sequenced Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene which encodes a protein related to the S. cerevisiae RNA polymerase II subunit, RPB7. Several lines of evidence suggest that this related gene, YKL1, encodes the RNA polymerase III subunit C25. C25, like RPB7, is present in submolar ratios, easily dissociates from the enzyme, is essential for cell growth and viability, but is not required in certain transcription assays in vitro. YKL1 has ABF-1 and PAC upstream sequences often present in RNA polymerase subunit genes. The sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis mobility of the YKL1 gene product is equivalent to that of the RNA polymerase III subunit C25. Finally, a C25 conditional mutant grown at the nonpermissive temperature synthesizes tRNA at reduced rates relative to 5.8S rRNA, a hallmark of all characterized RNA polymerase III mutants.

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