The CTD is not essential for the post-initiation control of RNA polymerase II activity

A Gerber, RG Roeder - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Interest in the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the RPB1 subunit of the RNA polymerase II (Pol II)
has been revived in recent years, owing to its numerous posttranslational modifications and …

The last CTD repeat of the mammalian RNA polymerase II large subunit is important for its stability

RD Chapman, B Palancade, A Lang… - Nucleic acids …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) C‐terminal domain (CTD) has been
shown to affect the initiation, and transition to elongation of the Pol II complex. The …

Cross-talk of phosphorylation and prolyl isomerization of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II

SD Yogesha, JE Mayfield, Y Zhang - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Post-translational modifications of the heptad repeat sequences in the C-terminal domain
(CTD) of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) are well recognized for their roles in coordinating …

Structure and phase separation of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II

IP Lushpinskaia, D Flores-Solis… - Biological chemistry, 2023 - degruyter.com
The repetitive heptads in the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RPB1, the largest subunit of RNA
Polymerase II (Pol II), play a critical role in the regulation of Pol II-based transcription. Recent …

The code and beyond: transcription regulation by the RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain

KM Harlen, LS Churchman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
The carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) extends from the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II
(Pol II) as a long, repetitive and largely unstructured polypeptide chain. Throughout the …

Binding to DNA of the RNA-polymerase II C-terminal domain allows discrimination between Cdk7 and Cdk9 phosphorylation

G Lolli - Nucleic acids research, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II regulates transcription through spatially
and temporally coordinated events. Previous work had established that the CTD binds DNA …

RNA polymerase II CTD modifications: how many tales from a single tail

G Napolitano, L Lania, B Majello - Journal of cellular physiology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Eukaryote's RNA polymerases II (RNAPII) have the feature to contain, at the carbossi‐
terminal region of their largest subunit Rpb1, a unique CTD domain. Rpb1‐CTD is …

The CTD code of RNA polymerase II: a structural view

O Jasnovidova, R Stefl - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II) is not only the fundamental enzyme for gene
expression but also the central coordinator of co‐transcriptional processing. RNA pol II …

Dynamic association of capping enzymes with transcribing RNA polymerase II

SC Schroeder, B Schwer, S Shuman… - Genes & …, 2000 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The C-terminal heptad repeat domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II (pol II) is proposed to
target pre-mRNA processing enzymes to nascent pol II transcripts, but this idea has not been …

Structural insight into recognition of phosphorylated threonine‐4 of RNA polymerase II C‐terminal domain by Rtt103p

O Jasnovidova, M Krejcikova, K Kubicek, R Stefl - EMBO reports, 2017 - embopress.org
Phosphorylation patterns of the C‐terminal domain (CTD) of largest subunit of RNA
polymerase II (called the CTD code) orchestrate the recruitment of RNA processing and …