UV Light-induced Cross-linking of Nucleosides, Nucleotides and a Dinucleotide to the Carboxy-terminal Heptad Repeat Peptide of RNA Polymerase II as Studied by Mass Spectrometry

1998 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dallas A. Connor ◽  
Arnold M. Falick ◽  
Martin D. Shetlar
2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 717-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo Angel Chen ◽  
Anass Jawhari ◽  
Lutz Fischer ◽  
Claudia Buchen ◽  
Salman Tahir ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin E. W. Namitz ◽  
Tongyin Zheng ◽  
Ashley J. Canning ◽  
Nilda L. Alicea-Velazquez ◽  
Carlos A. Castañeda ◽  
...  

AbstractAccurate gene transcription in eukaryotes depends on isomerization of serine-proline bonds within the carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II. Isomerization is part of the “CTD code” that regulates recruitment of proteins required for transcription and co-transcriptional RNA processing.Saccharomyces cerevisiaeEss1 and its human ortholog, Pin1, are prolyl isomerases that engage the long heptad repeat (YSPTSPS)26of the CTD by an unknown mechanism. Here, we used an integrative structural approach to decipher Ess1 interactions with the CTD. Ess1 has a rigid linker between its WW and catalytic domains that enforces a distance constraint for bivalent interaction with the ends of long CTD substrates (≥4–5 heptad repeats). Our binding results suggest that the Ess1 WW domain anchors the proximal end of the CTD substrate during isomerization, and that linker divergence may underlie evolution of substrate specificity.


2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (19) ◽  
pp. 7005-7018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael-Christopher Keogh ◽  
Vladimir Podolny ◽  
Stephen Buratowski

ABSTRACT The Saccharomyces cerevisiae cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) Bur1 (Sgv1) may be homologous to mammalian Cdk9, which functions in transcriptional elongation. Although Bur1 can phosphorylate the Rpb1 carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) kinase in vitro, it has no strong specificity within the consensus heptapeptide YSPTSPS for Ser2 or Ser5. BUR1 mutants are sensitive to the drugs 6-azauracil and mycophenolic acid and interact genetically with the elongation factors Ctk1 and Spt5. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments show that Bur1 and its cyclin partner Bur2 are recruited to transcription elongation complexes, cross-linking to actively transcribing genes. Interestingly, Bur1 shows reduced cross-linking to transcribed regions downstream of polyadenylation sites. In addition, bur1 mutant strains have a reduced cross-linking ratio of RNA polymerase II at the 3′ end of genes relative to promoter regions. Phosphorylation of CTD serines 2 and 5 appears normal in mutant cells, suggesting that Bur1 is not a significant source of cotranscriptional Rpb1 phosphorylation. These results show that Bur1 functions in transcription elongation but may phosphorylate a substrate other than the CTD.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blase Matthew LeBlanc ◽  
Rosamaria Yvette Moreno ◽  
Edwin Escobar ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Venkat Ramani ◽  
Jennifer S Brodbelt ◽  
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RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) is one of the primary enzymes responsible for expressing protein-encoding genes and some small nuclear RNAs. The enigmatic carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of RNAP II and...


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (98) ◽  
pp. 80434-80440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saihui Zhang ◽  
Yantao Shi ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Zhi Yuan

Association between zinc(ii)-dipicolylamine appended beta-cyclodextrin and CTD (carboxy-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II) peptides with different phosphorylation patterns was studied by ITC and NMR.


1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien B Lavoie ◽  
Alexandra L Albert ◽  
Alain Thibodeau ◽  
Michel Vincent

The phosphorylation of the carboxy-terminal domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II plays an important role in the regulation of transcriptional activity and is also implicated in pre-mRNA processing. Different stresses, such as a heat shock, induce a marked alteration in the phosphorylation of this domain. The expression of stress genes by RNA polymerase II, to the detriment of other genes, could be attributable to such modifications of the phosphorylation sites. Using two phosphodependent antibodies recognizing distinct hyperphosphorylated forms of RNA polymerase II largest subunit, we studied the phosphorylation state of the subunit in different species after heat shocks of varying intensities. One of these antibodies, CC-3, preferentially recognizes the carboxy-terminal domain of the largest subunit under normal conditions, but its reactivity is diminished during stress. In contrast, the other antibody used, MPM-2, demonstrated a strong reactivity after a heat shock in most species studied. Therefore, CC-3 and MPM-2 antibodies discriminate between phosphoisomers that may be functionally different. Our results further indicate that the pattern of phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II in most species varies in response to environmental stress.Key words: RNA polymerase II, heat shock, phosphorylation, CC-3, MPM-2.


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