[HTML][HTML] Nuclear mRNA metabolism drives selective basket assembly on a subset of nuclear pore complexes in budding yeast

P Bensidoun, T Reiter, B Montpetit, D Zenklusen… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
To determine which transcripts should reach the cytoplasm for translation, eukaryotic cells
have established mechanisms to regulate selective mRNA export through the nuclear pore …

Active site alanine mutations convert deubiquitinases into high‐affinity ubiquitin‐binding proteins

ME Morrow, MT Morgan, M Clerici, K Growkova… - EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
A common strategy for exploring the biological roles of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUB s) in
different pathways is to study the effects of replacing the wild‐type DUB with a catalytically …

What do the structures of GCN5-containing complexes teach us about their function?

D Helmlinger, G Papai, D Devys, L Tora - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transcription initiation is a major regulatory step in eukaryotic gene expression. It involves
the assembly of general transcription factors and RNA polymerase II into a functional pre …

Structural basis for activation of SAGA histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 by partner subunit Ada2

J Sun, M Paduch, SA Kim, RM Kramer… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The Gcn5 histone acetyltransferase (HAT) subunit of the SAGA transcriptional coactivator
complex catalyzes acetylation of histone H3 and H2B N-terminal tails, posttranslational …

Transcription feedback dynamics in the wake of cytoplasmic mRNA degradation shutdown

A Chappleboim, D Joseph-Strauss… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In the last decade, multiple studies demonstrated that cells maintain a balance of mRNA
production and degradation, but the mechanisms by which cells implement this balance …

Distinct patterns of histone acetyltransferase and Mediator deployment at yeast protein-coding genes

MJ Bruzzone, S Grünberg, S Kubik… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The transcriptional coactivators Mediator and two histone acetyltransferase (HAT)
complexes, NuA4 and SAGA, play global roles in transcriptional activation. Here we explore …

Mechanistic differences in transcription initiation at TATA-less and TATA-containing promoters

R Donczew, S Hahn - Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A yeast in vitro system was developed that is active for transcription at both
TATA-containing and TATA-less promoters. Transcription with extracts made from cells …

Broad compatibility between yeast UAS elements and core promoters and identification of promoter elements that determine cofactor specificity

JA Schofield, S Hahn - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Three classes of yeast protein-coding genes are distinguished by their dependence on the
transcription cofactors TFIID, SAGA, and Mediator (MED) Tail, but whether this dependence …

Chaperonin CCT checkpoint function in basal transcription factor TFIID assembly

SV Antonova, M Haffke, E Corradini… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
TFIID is a cornerstone of eukaryotic gene regulation. Distinct TFIID complexes with unique
subunit compositions exist and several TFIID subunits are shared with other complexes …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling of RNA-binding factors: mRNA buffering and beyond

JE Pérez-Ortín, S Chávez - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gene expression is a highly regulated process that adapts RNAs and proteins content to the
cellular context. Under steady-state conditions, mRNA homeostasis is robustly maintained …