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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
42
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
The fate of RNA polymerase II in early elongation complexes is under the control of factors that regulate and respond to the phosphorylation state of the C-terminal domain (CTD). Phosphorylation of the CTD protects early elongation complexes from negative transcription elongation factors such as NELF, DSIF, and factor 2. To understand the relationship between transcript elongation and the sensitivity of RNA polymerase IIO to dephosphorylation, elongation complexes at defined positions on the Ad2-ML and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) templates were purified, and their sensitivity to CTD phosphatase was determined. Purified elongation complexes treated with 1% Sarkosyl and paused at U(14)/G(16) on an HIV-1 template and at G(11) on the Ad2-ML template are equally sensitive to dephosphorylation by CTD phosphatase. Multiple elongation complexes paused at more promoter distal sites are more resistant to dephosphorylation than are U(14)/G(16) and G(11) complexes. The HIV-1 long terminal repeat and adenovirus 2 major late promoter do not appear to differentially influence the CTD phosphatase sensitivity of stringently washed complexes. Subsequent elongation by 1% Sarkosyl-washed U(14)/G(16) complexes is unaffected by prior CTD phosphatase treatment. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that CTD phosphatase requires the presence of specific elongation factors to propagate a negative effect on transcript elongation. The action of CTD phosphatase on elongation complexes is inhibited by HIV-1 Tat protein. This observation is consistent with the idea that Tat suppression of CTD phosphatase plays a role in transactivation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32430-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
C-terminal domain phosphatase sensitivity of RNA polymerase II in early elongation complexes on the HIV-1 and adenovirus 2 major late templates.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.