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PDBsum entry 6j4z

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Transcription/RNA/DNA PDB id
6j4z
Contents
Protein chains
1414 a.a.
1157 a.a.
263 a.a.
168 a.a.
213 a.a.
84 a.a.
171 a.a.
133 a.a.
111 a.a.
66 a.a.
113 a.a.
45 a.a.
102 a.a.
275 a.a.
97 a.a.
80 a.a.
103 a.a.
95 a.a.
DNA/RNA
Metals
_MG
_ZN ×9

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Title Structural insight into nucleosome transcription by RNA polymerase ii with elongation factors.
Authors H.Ehara, T.Kujirai, Y.Fujino, M.Shirouzu, H.Kurumizaka, S.I.Sekine.
Ref. Science, 2019, 363, 744-747. [DOI no: 10.1126/science.aav8912]
PubMed id 30733384
Abstract
RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcribes chromosomal DNA that contains multiple nucleosomes. The nucleosome forms transcriptional barriers, and nucleosomal transcription requires several additional factors in vivo. We demonstrate that the transcription elongation factors Elf1 and Spt4/5 cooperatively lower the barriers and increase the RNAPII processivity in the nucleosome. The cryo-electron microscopy structures of the nucleosome-transcribing RNAPII elongation complexes (ECs) reveal that Elf1 and Spt4/5 reshape the EC downstream edge and intervene between RNAPII and the nucleosome. They facilitate RNAPII progression through superhelical location SHL(-1) by adjusting the nucleosome in favor of the forward progression. They suppress pausing at SHL(-5) by preventing the stable RNAPII-nucleosome interaction. Thus, the EC overcomes the nucleosomal barriers while providing a platform for various chromatin functions.
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