[PDF][PDF] Effects of transcription elongation rate and Xrn2 exonuclease activity on RNA polymerase II termination suggest widespread kinetic competition

N Fong, K Brannan, B Erickson, H Kim, MA Cortazar… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
The torpedo model of transcription termination asserts that the exonuclease Xrn2 attacks the
5′ PO 4-end exposed by nascent RNA cleavage and chases down the RNA polymerase …

[PDF][PDF] mRNA decapping factors and the exonuclease Xrn2 function in widespread premature termination of RNA polymerase II transcription

K Brannan, H Kim, B Erickson, K Glover-Cutter, S Kim… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
We report a function of human mRNA decapping factors in control of transcription by RNA
polymerase II. Decapping proteins Edc3, Dcp1a, and Dcp2 and the termination factor TTF2 …

Pause sites promote transcriptional termination of mammalian RNA polymerase II

N Gromak, S West, NJ Proudfoot - Molecular and cellular biology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Polymerase II (Pol II) transcriptional termination depends on two independent genetic
elements: poly (A) signals and downstream terminator sequences. The latter may either …

Human 5′→ 3′ exonuclease Xrn2 promotes transcription termination at co-transcriptional cleavage sites

S West, N Gromak, NJ Proudfoot - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Eukaryotic protein-encoding genes possess poly (A) signals that define the end of the
messenger RNA and mediate downstream transcriptional termination by RNA polymerase II …

The multifunctional protein p54nrb/PSF recruits the exonuclease XRN2 to facilitate pre-mRNA 3′ processing and transcription termination

S Kaneko, O Rozenblatt-Rosen… - Genes & …, 2007 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Termination of RNA polymerase II transcription frequently requires a poly (A) signal and
cleavage/polyadenylation factors. Recent work has shown that degradation of the …

[PDF][PDF] Genome-wide analysis of RNA polymerase II termination at protein-coding genes

C Baejen, J Andreani, P Torkler, S Battaglia, B Schwalb… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
At the end of protein-coding genes, RNA polymerase (Pol) II undergoes a concerted
transition that involves 3′-processing of the pre-mRNA and transcription termination. Here …

The role of Rat1 in coupling mRNA 3′-end processing to transcription termination: implications for a unified allosteric–torpedo model

W Luo, AW Johnson, DL Bentley - Genes & development, 2006 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The torpedo model of transcription termination by RNA polymerase II proposes that a 5′–
3′ RNA exonuclease enters at the poly (A) cleavage site, degrades the nascent RNA, and …

Mechanism of eukaryotic RNA polymerase III transcription termination

S Nielsen, Y Yuzenkova, N Zenkin - Science, 2013 - science.org
Gene expression in organisms involves many factors and is tightly controlled. Although
much is known about the initial phase of transcription by RNA polymerase III (Pol III), the …

Transcriptional termination in mammals: Stopping the RNA polymerase II juggernaut

NJ Proudfoot - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Genes correspond to single transcription units, starting from the promoter
and ending at the terminator. Terminating gene transcription is directly coupled to mRNA …

Transcription termination by nuclear RNA polymerases

P Richard, JL Manley - Genes & development, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Gene transcription in the cell nucleus is a complex and highly regulated process.
Transcription in eukaryotes requires three distinct RNA polymerases, each of which employs …