Structural highlights
Function
[RPAB2_HUMAN] 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 small RNAs, such as 5S rRNA and tRNAs, respectively. Pol II is the central component of the basal RNA polymerase II transcription machinery. Pols are composed of mobile elements that move relative to each other. In Pol II, POLR2F/RPB6 is part of the clamp element and togther with parts of RPB1 and RPB2 forms a pocket to which the RPB4-RPB7 subcomplex binds (By similarity).[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The protein hRPABC14.4 is an essential subunit of human RNA polymerases I, II, and III and is required for the transcription of all human nuclear genes. The structure of hRPABC14.4 was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The protein fold comprises a highly conserved central domain forming two antiparallel alpha-helices flanked by the less conserved N- and C-terminal regions forming a five-stranded beta-sandwich. Amino acids from the two helices participate in the generation of a hydrophobic surface area which is conserved in all eukaryotic and archaeal homologous subunits, and likely constitutes a critical macromolecular interaction interface. The hRPABC14.4 structure accounts for mutagenesis results in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and provides a structural working model for elucidating the role of this subunit in the molecular architecture and function of the human nuclear RNA polymerases.
Solution structure of the hRPABC14.4 subunit of human RNA polymerases.,del Rio-Portilla F, Gaskell A, Gilbert D, Ladias JA, Wagner G Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Nov;6(11):1039-42. PMID:10542096[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Kershnar E, Wu SY, Chiang CM. Immunoaffinity purification and functional characterization of human transcription factor IIH and RNA polymerase II from clonal cell lines that conditionally express epitope-tagged subunits of the multiprotein complexes. J Biol Chem. 1998 Dec 18;273(51):34444-53. PMID:9852112
- ↑ del Rio-Portilla F, Gaskell A, Gilbert D, Ladias JA, Wagner G. Solution structure of the hRPABC14.4 subunit of human RNA polymerases. Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Nov;6(11):1039-42. PMID:10542096 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/14923
