Conserved RNA polymerase II initiation complex structure.

Hantsche, M.; Cramer, P.

doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2017.03.013

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Conserved RNA polymerase II initiation complex structure.

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Hantsche, M.
Department of Molecular Biology, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Cramer, P.
Department of Molecular Biology, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Hantsche, M., & Cramer, P. (2017). Conserved RNA polymerase II initiation complex structure. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 47, 17-22. doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2017.03.013.

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Abstract

Recent cryo-electron microscopic studies have arrived at atomic models of the core transcription initiation complex comprising RNA polymerase (Pol) II and the basal transcription factors TBP, TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIIE, and TFIIF. A detailed comparison of two independently derived yeast and human core initiation complex structures reveals that they are virtually identical, demonstrating the conservation of the basic transcription machinery amongst eukaryotes. The additional factors TFIID, TFIIH, and Mediator have been located on the periphery of the core initiation complex, providing the topology of the entire initiation assembly, which comprises approximately 70 polypeptides with a molecular weight of ∼4 Megadalton.