Organization and regulation of gene transcription

P Cramer - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The regulated transcription of genes determines cell identity and function. Recent structural
studies have elucidated mechanisms that govern the regulation of transcription by RNA …

Regulation of ribosomal RNA gene copy number, transcription and nucleolus organization in eukaryotes

Y Hori, C Engel, T Kobayashi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
One of the first biological machineries to be created seems to have been the ribosome.
Since then, organisms have dedicated great efforts to optimize this apparatus. The …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS): An emerging technology for interactomics and structural biology

C Yu, L Huang - Analytical chemistry, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein-protein interactions are fundamental to the formation of intricate interaction networks
and the assembly of multisubunit protein complexes that represent the functional …

50+ years of eukaryotic transcription: an expanding universe of factors and mechanisms

RG Roeder - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The landmark 1969 discovery of nuclear RNA polymerases I, II and III in diverse eukaryotes
represented a major turning point in the field that, with subsequent elucidation of the distinct …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of mitochondrial transcription initiation

HS Hillen, YI Morozov, A Sarfallah, D Temiakov… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Transcription in human mitochondria is driven by a single-subunit, factor-dependent RNA
polymerase (mtRNAP). Despite its critical role in both expression and replication of the …

Structural basis of RNA polymerase III transcription initiation

G Abascal-Palacios, EP Ramsay, F Beuron, E Morris… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
RNA polymerase (Pol) III transcribes essential non-coding RNAs, including the entire pool of
transfer RNAs, the 5S ribosomal RNA and the U6 spliceosomal RNA, and is often …

Structure of nascent 5S RNPs at the crossroad between ribosome assembly and MDM2–p53 pathways

NM Castillo Duque de Estrada, M Thoms… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
The 5S ribonucleoprotein (RNP) is assembled from its three components (5S rRNA,
Rpl5/uL18 and Rpl11/uL5) before being incorporated into the pre-60S subunit. However …

Structure of human RNA polymerase III

EP Ramsay, G Abascal-Palacios, JL Daiß… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract In eukaryotes, RNA Polymerase (Pol) III is specialized for the transcription of tRNAs
and other short, untranslated RNAs. Pol III is a determinant of cellular growth and lifespan …

Molecular mechanism of promoter opening by RNA polymerase III

MK Vorländer, H Khatter, R Wetzel, WJH Hagen… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract RNA polymerase III (Pol III) and transcription factor IIIB (TFIIIB) assemble together
on different promoter types to initiate the transcription of small, structured RNAs. Here we …