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ArticleMolecular & cellular proteomics : MCP2010

The protein interaction network of the human transcription machinery reveals a role for the conserved GTPase RPAP4/GPN1 and microtubule assembly in nuclear import and biogenesis of RNA polymerase II.

Diane Forget, Andrée-Anne Lacombe, Philippe Cloutier, Racha Al-Khoury, Annie Bouchard, Mathieu Lavallée-Adam, Denis Faubert, Célia Jeronimo, Mathieu Blanchette, Benoit Coulombe

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Article in Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Diane ForgetInstitut de recherches cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2W1R7, Canada.
Andrée-Anne Lacombe
Philippe Cloutier
Racha Al-Khoury
Annie Bouchard
Mathieu Lavallée-Adam
Denis Faubert
Célia Jeronimo
Mathieu Blanchette
Benoit Coulombe
Montreal Clinical Research Institute · CAMcGill University · CAUniversité de Montréal · CA

Funding

CIHR 14309-3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA polymerase II (RNAPII), the 12-subunit enzyme that synthesizes all mRNAs and several non-coding RNAs in eukaryotes, plays a central role in cell function. Although multiple proteins are known to regulate the activity of RNAPII during transcription, little is known about the machinery that controls the fate of the enzyme before or after transcription. We used systematic protein affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry (AP-MS) to characterize the high resolution network of protein interactions of RNAPII in the soluble fraction of human cell extracts. Our analysis revealed that many components of this network participate in RNAPII biogenesis. We show here that RNAPII-associated protein 4 (RPAP4/GPN1) shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm and regulates nuclear import of POLR2A/RPB1 and POLR2B/RPB2, the two largest subunits of RNAPII. RPAP4/GPN1 is a member of a newly discovered GTPase family that contains a unique and highly conserved GPN loop motif that we show is essential, in conjunction with its GTP-binding motifs, for nuclear localization of POLR2A/RPB1 in a process that also requires microtubule assembly. A model for RNAPII biogenesis is presented.

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Transcription, GeneticCell NucleusChromatography, GelChromatography, LiquidGene SilencingGTP-Binding ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansMicrotubulesProtein TransportRNA Polymerase IIRNA, Small InterferingTandem Mass SpectrometryGPN1 protein, humanGTP-Binding ProteinsRNA Polymerase IIRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID20855544
PMCPMC3002788
OpenAlexW2120088072

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