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PDBsum entry 1i6h

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Transcription/DNA-RNA hybrid PDB id
1i6h

 

 

 

 

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Protein chains
1381 a.a. *
1097 a.a. *
266 a.a. *
214 a.a. *
84 a.a. *
133 a.a. *
119 a.a. *
65 a.a. *
114 a.a. *
46 a.a. *
DNA/RNA
Metals
_MG
_ZN ×8
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1i6h
Name: Transcription/DNA-RNA hybrid
Title: RNA polymerase ii elongation complex
Structure: 5'-d(p Ap Ap Ap Tp Gp Cp Cp Tp Gp Gp Tp Cp T)-3'. Chain: d. Engineered: yes. Other_details: template. 5'-r(p Gp Ap Cp Cp Ap Gp Gp Cp A)-3'. Chain: r. Engineered: yes. Other_details: transcript. DNA-directed RNA polymerase ii largest subunit.
Source: Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Baker's yeast. Organism_taxid: 4932. Synthetic: yes. Other_details: the RNA was synthesized by the polymerase before the crystal was formed.. Strain: delta-rpb4. Strain: delta-rpb4
Biol. unit: 24mer (from PQS)
Resolution:
3.30Å     R-factor:   0.250     R-free:   0.298
Authors: A.L.Gnatt,P.Cramer,R.D.Kornberg
Key ref:
A.L.Gnatt et al. (2001). Structural basis of transcription: an RNA polymerase II elongation complex at 3.3 A resolution. Science, 292, 1876-1882. PubMed id: 11313499 DOI: 10.1126/science.1059495
Date:
02-Mar-01     Release date:   23-Apr-01    
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 Headers
 References

Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P04050  (RPB1_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
1733 a.a.
1381 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P08518  (RPB2_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
1224 a.a.
1097 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P16370  (RPB3_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
318 a.a.
266 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P20434  (RPAB1_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
215 a.a.
214 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P20435  (RPAB2_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC2 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
155 a.a.
84 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P20436  (RPAB3_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
146 a.a.
133 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P27999  (RPB9_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB9 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
122 a.a.
119 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P22139  (RPAB5_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC5 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
70 a.a.
65 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P38902  (RPB11_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB11 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
120 a.a.
114 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P40422  (RPAB4_YEAST) -  DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC4 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Seq:
Struc:
70 a.a.
46 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

DNA/RNA chains
  A-A-A-T-G-C-C-T-G-G-T-C-T 13 bases
  G-A-C-C-A-G-G-C-A 9 bases

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: Chains A, B, C, E, F, H, I, J, K, L: E.C.2.7.7.6  - DNA-directed Rna polymerase.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
      Reaction: RNA(n) + a ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate = RNA(n+1) + diphosphate
RNA(n)
+ ribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate
= RNA(n+1)
+ diphosphate
Molecule diagrams generated from .mol files obtained from the KEGG ftp site

 

 
    Added reference    
 
 
DOI no: 10.1126/science.1059495 Science 292:1876-1882 (2001)
PubMed id: 11313499  
 
 
Structural basis of transcription: an RNA polymerase II elongation complex at 3.3 A resolution.
A.L.Gnatt, P.Cramer, J.Fu, D.A.Bushnell, R.D.Kornberg.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The crystal structure of RNA polymerase II in the act of transcription was determined at 3.3 A resolution. Duplex DNA is seen entering the main cleft of the enzyme and unwinding before the active site. Nine base pairs of DNA-RNA hybrid extend from the active center at nearly right angles to the entering DNA, with the 3' end of the RNA in the nucleotide addition site. The 3' end is positioned above a pore, through which nucleotides may enter and through which RNA may be extruded during back-tracking. The 5'-most residue of the RNA is close to the point of entry to an exit groove. Changes in protein structure between the transcribing complex and free enzyme include closure of a clamp over the DNA and RNA and ordering of a series of "switches" at the base of the clamp to create a binding site complementary to the DNA-RNA hybrid. Protein-nucleic acid contacts help explain DNA and RNA strand separation, the specificity of RNA synthesis, "abortive cycling" during transcription initiation, and RNA and DNA translocation during transcription elongation.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 5.
Fig. 5. DNA-RNA hybrid conformation. The view is similar to that in Fig. 2C. The conformation of the DNA-RNA hybrid is intermediary between canonical A- and B-DNA. DNA, blue; RNA, red.
Figure 6.
Fig. 6. Proposed transcription cycle and translocation mechanism. (A) Schematic representation of the nucleotide addition cycle. The nucleotide triphosphate (NTP) fills the open substrate site (top) and forms a phosphodiester bond at the active site ("Synthesis"). This results in the state of the transcribing complex seen in the crystal structure (middle). We speculate that "Translocation" of the nucleic acids with respect to the active site (marked by a pink dot for metal A) involves a change of the bridge helix from a straight (silver circle) to a bent conformation (violet circle, bottom). Relaxation of the bridge helix back to a straight conformation without movement of the nucleic acids would result in an open substrate site one nucleotide downstream and would complete the cycle. (B) Different conformations of the bridge helix in pol II and bacterial RNA polymerase structures. The view is the same as in Fig. 2C. The bacterial RNA polymerase structure (2) was superimposed on the pol II transcribing complex by fitting residues around the active site. The resulting fit of the bridge helices of pol II (silver) and the bacterial polymerase (violet) is shown. The bend in the bridge helix in the bacterial polymerase structure causes a clash of amino acid side chains (extending from the backbone shown here) with the hybrid base pair at position +1.
 
  The above figures are reprinted by permission from the AAAs: Science (2001, 292, 1876-1882) copyright 2001.  
  Figures were selected by an automated process.  

Literature references that cite this PDB file's key reference

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PDB codes: 3aoh 3aoi
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PDB codes: 2waq 2wb1
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PDB code: 3cqz
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PDB code: 2vum
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Single-molecule tracking of mRNA exiting from RNA polymerase II.
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PDB code: 3dxj
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Transcriptional fidelity and proofreading in Archaea and implications for the mechanism of TFS-induced RNA cleavage.
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15016374 Y.W.Yin, and T.A.Steitz (2004).
The structural mechanism of translocation and helicase activity in T7 RNA polymerase.
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PDB codes: 1s76 1s77
12547422 A.C.Gavin, and G.Superti-Furga (2003).
Protein complexes and proteome organization from yeast to man.
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12676794 A.Shilatifard, R.C.Conaway, and J.W.Conaway (2003).
The RNA polymerase II elongation complex.
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12746498 D.A.Bushnell, and R.D.Kornberg (2003).
Complete, 12-subunit RNA polymerase II at 4.1-A resolution: implications for the initiation of transcription.
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PDB code: 1nik
12944462 E.J.Steinmetz, and D.A.Brow (2003).
Ssu72 protein mediates both poly(A)-coupled and poly(A)-independent termination of RNA polymerase II transcription.
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14668436 E.Sosunova, V.Sosunov, M.Kozlov, V.Nikiforov, A.Goldfarb, and A.Mustaev (2003).
Donation of catalytic residues to RNA polymerase active center by transcription factor Gre.
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12782794 F.J.Asturias, and J.L.Craighead (2003).
RNA polymerase II at initiation.
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12672488 G.A.Hartzog (2003).
Transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II.
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14506297 G.T.Cantin, J.L.Stevens, and A.J.Berk (2003).
Activation domain-mediator interactions promote transcription preinitiation complex assembly on promoter DNA.
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12716975 H.Chen, M.Hewison, B.Hu, and J.S.Adams (2003).
Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) binding to hormone response elements: a cause of vitamin D resistance.
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12914699 H.Kettenberger, K.J.Armache, and P.Cramer (2003).
Architecture of the RNA polymerase II-TFIIS complex and implications for mRNA cleavage.
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PDB code: 1pqv
12888498 H.Meka, G.Daoust, K.B.Arnvig, F.Werner, P.Brick, and S.Onesti (2003).
Structural and functional homology between the RNAP(I) subunits A14/A43 and the archaeal RNAP subunits E/F.
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14536083 H.T.Chen, and S.Hahn (2003).
Binding of TFIIB to RNA polymerase II: Mapping the binding site for the TFIIB zinc ribbon domain within the preinitiation complex.
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14636572 I.Toulokhonov, and R.Landick (2003).
The flap domain is required for pause RNA hairpin inhibition of catalysis by RNA polymerase and can modulate intrinsic termination.
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12746495 K.J.Armache, H.Kettenberger, and P.Cramer (2003).
Architecture of initiation-competent 12-subunit RNA polymerase II.
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PDB code: 1nt9
12581657 K.S.Murakami, and S.A.Darst (2003).
Bacterial RNA polymerases: the wholo story.
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12553882 L.M.Iyer, E.V.Koonin, and L.Aravind (2003).
Evolutionary connection between the catalytic subunits of DNA-dependent RNA polymerases and eukaryotic RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and the origin of RNA polymerases.
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12897769 M.A.Seeliger, S.E.Breward, A.Friedler, O.Schon, and L.S.Itzhaki (2003).
Cooperative organization in a macromolecular complex.
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12769857 M.Kato, T.Ito, G.Wagner, C.C.Richardson, and T.Ellenberger (2003).
Modular architecture of the bacteriophage T7 primase couples RNA primer synthesis to DNA synthesis.
  Mol Cell, 11, 1349-1360.
PDB code: 1nui
12719526 M.Pal, and D.S.Luse (2003).
The initiation-elongation transition: lateral mobility of RNA in RNA polymerase II complexes is greatly reduced at +8/+9 and absent by +23.
  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 100, 5700-5705.  
12914698 N.Opalka, M.Chlenov, P.Chacon, W.J.Rice, W.Wriggers, and S.A.Darst (2003).
Structure and function of the transcription elongation factor GreB bound to bacterial RNA polymerase.
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12697831 Q.Tan, M.H.Prysak, and N.A.Woychik (2003).
Loss of the Rpb4/Rpb7 subcomplex in a mutant form of the Rpb6 subunit shared by RNA polymerases I, II, and III.
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12732296 S.Borukhov, and E.Nudler (2003).
RNA polymerase holoenzyme: structure, function and biological implications.
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12756229 T.J.Santangelo, R.A.Mooney, R.Landick, and J.W.Roberts (2003).
RNA polymerase mutations that impair conversion to a termination-resistant complex by Q antiterminator proteins.
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14530448 T.M.Schinecker, R.A.Perlow, S.Broyde, N.E.Geacintov, and D.A.Scicchitano (2003).
Human RNA polymerase II is partially blocked by DNA adducts derived from tumorigenic benzo[c]phenanthrene diol epoxides: relating biological consequences to conformational preferences.
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14555487 T.Naryshkina, A.Bruning, O.Gadal, and K.Severinov (2003).
Role of second-largest RNA polymerase I subunit Zn-binding domain in enzyme assembly.
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12970184 V.Epshtein, F.Toulmé, A.R.Rahmouni, S.Borukhov, and E.Nudler (2003).
Transcription through the roadblocks: the role of RNA polymerase cooperation.
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12727889 V.Sosunov, E.Sosunova, A.Mustaev, I.Bass, V.Nikiforov, and A.Goldfarb (2003).
Unified two-metal mechanism of RNA synthesis and degradation by RNA polymerase.
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14580350 W.H.Chung, J.L.Craighead, W.H.Chang, C.Ezeokonkwo, A.Bareket-Samish, R.D.Kornberg, and F.J.Asturias (2003).
RNA polymerase II/TFIIF structure and conserved organization of the initiation complex.
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11847118 A.Grove, M.S.Adessa, E.P.Geiduschek, and G.A.Kassavetis (2002).
Marking the start site of RNA polymerase III transcription: the role of constraint, compaction and continuity of the transcribed DNA strand.
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11839497 A.J.Warren (2002).
Eukaryotic transcription factors.
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12350343 A.M.Edwards, B.Kus, R.Jansen, D.Greenbaum, J.Greenblatt, and M.Gerstein (2002).
Bridging structural biology and genomics: assessing protein interaction data with known complexes.
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12086598 B.A.Young, T.M.Gruber, and C.A.Gross (2002).
Views of transcription initiation.
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11805306 D.A.Bushnell, P.Cramer, and R.D.Kornberg (2002).
Structural basis of transcription: alpha-amanitin-RNA polymerase II cocrystal at 2.8 A resolution.
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PDB code: 1k83
12000971 D.G.Vassylyev, S.Sekine, O.Laptenko, J.Lee, M.N.Vassylyeva, S.Borukhov, and S.Yokoyama (2002).
Crystal structure of a bacterial RNA polymerase holoenzyme at 2.6 A resolution.
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PDB code: 1iw7
12136090 D.Y.Zhang, D.J.Carson, and J.Ma (2002).
The role of TFIIB-RNA polymerase II interaction in start site selection in yeast cells.
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11882540 E.Ejkova, and W.P.Tansey (2002).
Old dogs and new tricks: meeting on mechanisms of eukaryotic transcription.
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Transcription termination and anti-termination in E. coli.
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12504023 E.S.Kandel, and E.Nudler (2002).
Template switching by RNA polymerase II in vivo. Evidence and implications from a retroviral system.
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12212849 F.Iseni, F.Baudin, D.Garcin, J.B.Marq, R.W.Ruigrok, and D.Kolakofsky (2002).
Chemical modification of nucleotide bases and mRNA editing depend on hexamer or nucleoprotein phase in Sendai virus nucleocapsids.
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The interdependence of nuclear structure and function.
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12007406 I.Artsimovitch, and R.Landick (2002).
The transcriptional regulator RfaH stimulates RNA chain synthesis after recruitment to elongation complexes by the exposed nontemplate DNA strand.
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11784853 J.F.Kugel, and J.A.Goodrich (2002).
Translocation after synthesis of a four-nucleotide RNA commits RNA polymerase II to promoter escape.
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12220487 J.Frank (2002).
A cold look at transcription.
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12176389 J.L.Craighead, W.H.Chang, and F.J.Asturias (2002).
Structure of yeast RNA polymerase II in solution: implications for enzyme regulation and interaction with promoter DNA.
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12086674 J.S.Park, M.T.Marr, and J.W.Roberts (2002).
E. coli Transcription repair coupling factor (Mfd protein) rescues arrested complexes by promoting forward translocation.
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12370445 K.Adelman, A.La Porta, T.J.Santangelo, J.T.Lis, J.W.Roberts, and M.D.Wang (2002).
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Structure-based analysis of RNA polymerase function: the largest subunit's rudder contributes critically to elongation complex stability and is not involved in the maintenance of RNA-DNA hybrid length.
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Open season on RNA polymerase.
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Strong natural pausing by RNA polymerase II within 10 bases of transcription start may result in repeated slippage and reextension of the nascent RNA.
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Localization of the yeast RNA polymerase I-specific subunits.
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12453422 N.Komissarova, J.Becker, S.Solter, M.Kireeva, and M.Kashlev (2002).
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12210533 P.Cramer (2002).
Common structural features of nucleic acid polymerases.
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11839495 P.Cramer (2002).
Multisubunit RNA polymerases.
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RNA polymerase II complexes in the very early phase of transcription are not susceptible to TFIIS-induced exonucleolytic cleavage.
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Conformational flexibility of bacterial RNA polymerase.
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11959501 S.K.Burley, and K.Kamada (2002).
Transcription factor complexes.
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Rpb4 and Rpb9 mediate subpathways of transcription-coupled DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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FCP1, a phosphatase specific for the heptapeptide repeat of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II, stimulates transcription elongation.
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PDB code: 1h38
11861601 T.Honjo, K.Kinoshita, and M.Muramatsu (2002).
Molecular mechanism of class switch recombination: linkage with somatic hypermutation.
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12052871 Y.K.Kim, C.F.Bourgeois, C.Isel, M.J.Churcher, and J.Karn (2002).
Phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II carboxyl-terminal domain by CDK9 is directly responsible for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat-activated transcriptional elongation.
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11585929 D.P.Tran, S.J.Kim, N.J.Park, T.M.Jew, and H.G.Martinson (2001).
Mechanism of poly(A) signal transduction to RNA polymerase II in vitro.
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11741548 F.Todone, P.Brick, F.Werner, R.O.Weinzierl, and S.Onesti (2001).
Structure of an archaeal homolog of the eukaryotic RNA polymerase II RPB4/RPB7 complex.
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PDB code: 1go3
11592390 R.D.Kornberg (2001).
The eukaryotic gene transcription machinery.
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11738586 R.Sousa (2001).
A new level of regulation in transcription elongation?
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