7nky
From Proteopedia
RNA Polymerase II-Spt4/5-nucleosome-FACT structure
Structural highlights
FunctionRPAB4_YEAST DNA-dependent RNA polymerase catalyzes the transcription of DNA into RNA using the four ribonucleoside triphosphates as substrates. Common component of RNA polymerases I, II and III which synthesize ribosomal RNA precursors, mRNA precursors and many functional non-coding RNAs, and a small RNAs, such as 5S rRNA and tRNAs, respectively. Pols are composed of mobile elements that move relative to each other. In Pol II, the core element with the central large cleft comprises RPB3, RBP10, RPB11, RPB12 and regions of RPB1 and RPB2 forming the active center. Publication Abstract from PubMedEfficient transcription of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) through nucleosomes requires the help of various factors. Here we show biochemically that Pol II transcription through a nucleosome is facilitated by the chromatin remodeler Chd1 and the histone chaperone FACT when the elongation factors Spt4/5 and TFIIS are present. We report cryo-EM structures of transcribing Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pol II-Spt4/5-nucleosome complexes with bound Chd1 or FACT. In the first structure, Pol II transcription exposes the proximal histone H2A-H2B dimer that is bound by Spt5. Pol II has also released the inhibitory DNA-binding region of Chd1 that is poised to pump DNA toward Pol II. In the second structure, Pol II has generated a partially unraveled nucleosome that binds FACT, which excludes Chd1 and Spt5. These results suggest that Pol II progression through a nucleosome activates Chd1, enables FACT binding and eventually triggers transfer of FACT together with histones to upstream DNA. Structural basis of nucleosome transcription mediated by Chd1 and FACT.,Farnung L, Ochmann M, Engeholm M, Cramer P Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2021 Apr;28(4):382-387. doi: 10.1038/s41594-021-00578-6. , Epub 2021 Apr 12. PMID:33846633[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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