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ArticleMolecular microbiology2008

Identification and characterization of two trypanosome TFIIS proteins exhibiting particular domain architectures and differential nuclear localizations.

Pierrick Uzureau, Jan-Peter Daniels, David Walgraffe, Bill Wickstead, Etienne Pays, Keith Gull, Luc Vanhamme

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Article in Molecular microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Structural basis for evolutionarily conserved interactions between TFIIS and Paf1C.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2023
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pierrick UzureauLaboratoire de Parasitologie Moléculaire, ULB IBMM, rue des Pr Jeneer et Brachet 12, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Jan-Peter Daniels
David Walgraffe
Bill Wickstead
Etienne Pays
Keith Gull
Luc Vanhamme
Molina Center for Energy and the Environment · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear transcription of Trypanosoma brucei displays unusual features. Most protein-coding genes are organized in large directional gene clusters, which are transcribed polycistronically by RNA polymerase II (pol II) with subsequent processing to generate mature mRNA. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of two trypanosome homologues of transcription elongation factor TFIIS (TbTFIIS1 and TbTFIIS2-1). TFIIS has been shown to aid transcription elongation by relieving arrested pol II. Our phylogenetic analysis demonstrated the existence of four independent TFIIS expansions across eukaryotes. While TbTFIIS1 contains only the canonical domains II and III, the N-terminus of TbTFIIS2-1 contains a PWWP domain and a domain I. TbTFIIS1 and TbTFIIS2-1 are expressed in procyclic and bloodstream form cells and localize to the nucleus in similar, but distinct, punctate patterns throughout the cell cycle. Neither TFIIS protein was enriched in the major pol II sites of spliced-leader RNA transcription. Single RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knock-down and knockout showed that neither protein is essential. Double knock-down, however, impaired growth. Repetitive failure to generate a double knockout of TbTFIIS1 and TbTFIIS2-1 strongly suggests synthetical lethality and thus an essential function shared by the two proteins in trypanosome growth.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsArchaeaCell NucleusEukaryotic CellsGene ExpressionMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyProtein Structure, TertiaryProtozoan ProteinsSequence AlignmentTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTrypanosoma brucei bruceiProtozoan ProteinsTranscriptional Elongation Factorstranscription factor S-II

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PMID18627464
PMCPMC2610381
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