Structural insights into nuclear transcription by eukaryotic DNA-dependent RNA polymerases

M Girbig, AD Misiaszek, CW Müller - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
The eukaryotic transcription apparatus synthesizes a staggering diversity of RNA molecules.
The labour of nuclear gene transcription is, therefore, divided among multiple DNA …

Causes and consequences of RNA polymerase II stalling during transcript elongation

M Noe Gonzalez, D Blears, JQ Svejstrup - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The journey of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) as it transcribes a gene is anything but a smooth
ride. Transcript elongation is discontinuous and can be perturbed by intrinsic regulatory …

Steps toward translocation-independent RNA polymerase inactivation by terminator ATPase ρ

N Said, T Hilal, ND Sunday, A Khatri, J Bürger, T Mielke… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Factor-dependent transcription termination is essential to limit pervasive
transcription, maintain genome stability, balance the expression of neighboring genes, and …

The Mediator kinase module: an interface between cell signaling and transcription

O Luyties, DJ Taatjes - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
The Mediator complex controls RNA polymerase II (pol II) activity by coordinating the
assembly of pol II regulatory factors at transcription start sites and by mediating interactions …

DNA-directed termination of RNA polymerase II transcription

Z Han, GA Moore, R Mitter, DL Martinez, L Wan… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription involves initiation from a promoter,
transcriptional elongation through the gene, and termination in the terminator region. In …

An integrated model for termination of RNA polymerase III transcription

J Xie, U Aiello, Y Clement, N Haidara, M Girbig… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
RNA polymerase III (RNAPIII) synthesizes essential and abundant noncoding RNAs such as
transfer RNAs. Controlling RNAPIII span of activity by accurate and efficient termination is a …

Pervasive transcription: a controlled risk

T Villa, O Porrua - The FEBS Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transcriptome‐wide interrogation of eukaryotic genomes has unveiled the pervasive nature
of RNA polymerase II transcription. Virtually, any DNA region with an accessible chromatin …

Senataxin: A key actor in RNA metabolism, genome integrity and neurodegeneration

M Giannini, O Porrua - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
The RNA/DNA helicase senataxin (SETX) has been involved in multiple crucial processes
related to genome expression and integrity such us transcription termination, the regulation …

Multiple forms and functions of premature termination by RNA polymerase II

DL Bentley - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic genomes are widely transcribed by RNA polymerase II (pol II) both within genes
and in intergenic regions. POL II elongation complexes comprising the polymerase, the DNA …

Single-molecule characterization of Sen1 translocation properties provides insights into eukaryotic factor-dependent transcription termination

S Wang, Z Han, TR Strick - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sen1 is an essential helicase for factor-dependent transcription termination in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whose molecular-motor mechanism has not been well …