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ArticleGenes & development2011

The multifunctional Ccr4-Not complex directly promotes transcription elongation.

Jennifer A Kruk, Arnob Dutta, Jianhua Fu, David S Gilmour, Joseph C Reese

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Article in Genes & development, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer A KrukDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Arnob Dutta
Jianhua Fu
David S Gilmour
Joseph C Reese
Pennsylvania State University · USCancer Institute (WIA) · INMedical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

POTENTIATED STATE OF THE HSP70 HEAT SHOCK GENER01GM047477 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI GILMOUR, DAVID SCOTT · 1992 to 2022
$6.7M
REGULATION OF DNA DAMAGE INDUCED GENES BY YEAST TAFIISR01GM058672 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI REESE, JOSEPH C · 1999 to 2019
$6.5M
Structural Mechanism of RNA Polymerase II Early ElongationR01GM100997 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI FU, JIANHUA · 2012 to 2015
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM47477NIGMS NIH HHS GM58672NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM047477NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058672NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100997
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ccr4-Not complex has been implicated in the control of multiple steps of mRNA metabolism; however, its functions in transcription remain ambiguous. The discovery that Ccr4/Pop2 is the major cytoplasmic mRNA deadenylase and the detection of Not proteins within mRNA processing bodies have raised questions about the roles of the Ccr4-Not complex in transcription. Here we firmly establish Ccr4-Not as a positive elongation factor for RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). The Ccr4-Not complex is targeted to the coding region of genes in a transcription-dependent manner similar to RNAPII and promotes elongation in vivo. Furthermore, Ccr4-Not interacts directly with elongating RNAPII complexes and stimulates transcription elongation of arrested polymerase in vitro. Ccr4-Not can reactivate backtracked RNAPII using a mechanism different from that of the well-characterized elongation factor TFIIS. While not essential for its interaction with elongation complexes, Ccr4-Not interacts with the emerging transcript and promotes elongation in a manner dependent on transcript length, although this interaction is not required for it to bind RNAPII. Our comprehensive analysis shows that Ccr4-Not directly regulates transcription, and suggests it does so by promoting the resumption of elongation of arrested RNAPII when it encounters transcriptional blocks in vivo.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, FungalProtein BindingRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiaeTranscriptional Elongation FactorsTranscription FactorsRNA Polymerase IITranscriptional Elongation FactorsTranscription Factorstranscription factor S-II

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PMID21406554
PMCPMC3059832
OpenAlexW2138461551

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