Elongator, a multisubunit component of a novel RNA polymerase II holoenzyme for transcriptional elongation.
The form of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) engaged in transcriptional elongation was isolated. Elongating RNAPII was associated with a novel multisubunit complex, termed elongator, whose stable interaction was dependent on a hyperphosphorylated state of the RNAPII carboxy-terminal domain (CTD). A free form of elongator was also isolated, demonstrating the discrete ... nature of the complex, and free elongator could bind directly to RNAPII. The gene encoding the largest subunit of elongator, ELP1, was cloned. Phenotypes of yeast elp1 delta cells demonstrated an involvement of elongator in transcriptional elongation as well as activation in vivo. Our data indicate that the transition from transcriptional initiation to elongation involves an exchange of the multiprotein mediator complex for elongator in a reaction coupled to CTD hyperphosphorylation.
Mesh Terms:
Cell Division, Cloning, Molecular, Fungal Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, RNA Polymerase II, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Transcription Factors, Transcription Factors, General, Transcription, Genetic, Transcriptional Activation, Transcriptional Elongation Factors
Cell Division, Cloning, Molecular, Fungal Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, RNA Polymerase II, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Transcription Factors, Transcription Factors, General, Transcription, Genetic, Transcriptional Activation, Transcriptional Elongation Factors
Mol. Cell
Date: Jan. 01, 1999
PubMed ID: 10024884
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