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 …

How is polyadenylation restricted to 3′‐untranslated regions?

K Struhl - Yeast, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polyadenylation occurs at numerous sites within 3′‐untranslated regions (3′‐UTRs) but
rarely within coding regions. How does Pol II travel through long coding regions without …

Transcription elongation of the plant RNA polymerase IV is prone to backtracking

C Fang, K Huang, X Wu, H Zhang, Z Gu, J Wang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
RNA polymerase IV (Pol IV) forms a complex with RNA-directed RNA polymerase 2 (RDR2)
to produce double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) precursors essential for plant gene silencing. In …

An extrinsic motor directs chromatin loop formation by cohesin

TM Guérin, C Barrington, G Pobegalov… - The EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
The ring-shaped cohesin complex topologically entraps two DNA molecules to establish
sister chromatid cohesion. Cohesin also shapes the interphase chromatin landscape with …

Structural basis of eukaryotic transcription termination by the Rat1 exonuclease complex

T Yanagisawa, Y Murayama, H Ehara, M Goto… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The 5´–3´ exoribonuclease Rat1/Xrn2 is responsible for the termination of
eukaryotic mRNA transcription by RNAPII. Rat1 forms a complex with its partner proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of RNA Polymerase II termination at the 3'-end of genes

DL Martinez, JQ Svejstrup - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is responsible for the synthesis of a diverse set of RNA
molecules, including protein-coding messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and many short non-coding …

[HTML][HTML] ZC3H4/Restrictor exerts a stranglehold on pervasive transcription

C Estell, S West - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) underpins all cellular
processes and is perturbed in thousands of diseases. In humans, RNAPII transcribes∼ …

RNAi-based Boolean gates in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

X Tian, A Volkovinskiy, MA Marchisio - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Boolean gates, the fundamental components of digital circuits, have been widely
investigated in synthetic biology because they permit the fabrication of biosensors and …

Assessing contributions of DNA sequences at the 3'end of a yeast gene on yFACT, RNA polymerase II, and nucleosome occupancy

SE Byrd, B Hoyt, SA Ozersky, AW Crocker… - BMC Research …, 2024 - Springer
Objective In past work in budding yeast, we identified a nucleosomal region required for
proper interactions between the histone chaperone complex yFACT and transcribed genes …

Cohesin chromatin loop formation by an extrinsic motor

TM Guerin, C Barrington, G Pobegalov, MI Molodtsov… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The ring-shaped cohesin complex topologically entraps two DNAs to establish sister
chromatid cohesion. Cohesin also shapes the interphase chromatin landscape with wide …