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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2009

Mediator structural conservation and implications for the regulation mechanism.

Gang Cai, Tsuyoshi Imasaki, Yuichiro Takagi, Francisco J Asturias

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. MedProDB: A database of Mediator proteins.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2021
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  7. Twenty years of Mediator complex structural studies.Biochemical Society transactions · 2019
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  9. The complex structure and function of Mediator.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gang CaiDepartment of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Tsuyoshi Imasaki
Yuichiro Takagi
Francisco J Asturias
Indiana University School of MedicineScripps Research Institute · US

Funding

STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTIONR01GM067167 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ASTURIAS, FRANCISCO J · 2003 to 2025
$9.2M
STRUCTURAL STUDY OF EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTION REGULATIONR01GM060607 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI ASTURIAS, FRANCISCO J · 2000 to 2004
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM060607NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067167NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM67167
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mediator, the multisubunit complex that plays an essential role in the regulation of transcription initiation in all eukaryotes, was isolated using an affinity purification protocol that yields pure material suitable for structural analysis. Conformational sorting of yeast Mediator single-particle images characterized the inherent flexibility of the complex and made possible calculation of a cryo-EM reconstruction. Comparison of free and RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) -associated yeast Mediator reconstructions demonstrates that intrinsic flexibility allows structural modules to reorganize and establish a complex network of contacts with RNAPII. We demonstrate that, despite very low sequence homology, the structures of human and yeast Mediators are surprisingly similar and the structural rearrangement that enables interaction of yeast Mediator with RNAPII parallels the structural rearrangement triggered by interaction of human Mediator with a nuclear receptor. This suggests that the topology and structural dynamics of Mediator constitute important elements of a conserved regulation mechanism.

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Gene Expression Regulation, FungalBinding SitesFungal ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSilver StainingTranscription, GeneticFungal ProteinsRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID19368889
PMCPMC2673807
OpenAlexW2058249099

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