Cryo-EM structure of mammalian RNA polymerase II in complex with human RPAP2
Nuclear import of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) involves the conserved factor RPAP2. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of mammalian Pol II in complex with human RPAP2 at 2.8 Å resolution. The structure shows that RPAP2 binds between the jaw domains of the polymerase subuni...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Communications biology 2021-05, Vol.4 (1), p.606-606, Article 606 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Nuclear import of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) involves the conserved factor RPAP2. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of mammalian Pol II in complex with human RPAP2 at 2.8 Å resolution. The structure shows that RPAP2 binds between the jaw domains of the polymerase subunits RPB1 and RPB5. RPAP2 is incompatible with binding of downstream DNA during transcription and is displaced upon formation of a transcription pre-initiation complex.
RNA polymerase II needs to be imported into the nucleus to perform transcription. Fianu et al. show that RPAP2 binds to Pol II and enters the nucleus with it, before releasing it to perform transcription and returning to the cytoplasm. |
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ISSN: | 2399-3642 2399-3642 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s42003-021-02088-z |