Structural highlights
Function
[RRN3_YEAST] Required for efficient transcription initiation by RNA polymerase I. Interacts with Pol I in the absence of template DNA and stimulates recruitment of Pol I, but does not remain as part of stable preinitiation complex.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Cell growth is regulated during RNA polymerase (Pol) I transcription initiation by the conserved factor Rrn3/TIF-IA in yeast/humans. Here we provide a structure-function analysis of Rrn3 based on a combination of structural biology with in vivo and in vitro functional assays. The Rrn3 crystal structure reveals a unique HEAT repeat fold and a surface serine patch. Phosphorylation of this patch represses human Pol I transcription, and a phospho-mimetic patch mutation prevents Rrn3 binding to Pol I in vitro and reduces cell growth and Pol I gene occupancy in vivo. Cross-linking indicates that Rrn3 binds Pol I between its subcomplexes, AC40/19 and A14/43, which faces the serine patch. The corresponding region of Pol II binds the Mediator head that cooperates with transcription factor (TF) IIB. Consistent with this, the Rrn3-binding factor Rrn7 is predicted to be a TFIIB homolog. This reveals the molecular basis of Rrn3-regulated Pol I initiation and cell growth, and indicates a general architecture of eukaryotic transcription initiation complexes.
Molecular basis of Rrn3-regulated RNA polymerase I initiation and cell growth.,Blattner C, Jennebach S, Herzog F, Mayer A, Cheung AC, Witte G, Lorenzen K, Hopfner KP, Heck AJ, Aebersold R, Cramer P Genes Dev. 2011 Sep 22. PMID:21940764[1]
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References
- ↑ Blattner C, Jennebach S, Herzog F, Mayer A, Cheung AC, Witte G, Lorenzen K, Hopfner KP, Heck AJ, Aebersold R, Cramer P. Molecular basis of Rrn3-regulated RNA polymerase I initiation and cell growth. Genes Dev. 2011 Sep 22. PMID:21940764 doi:10.1101/gad.17363311
