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ArticleCell2015

The Nuclear Pore-Associated TREX-2 Complex Employs Mediator to Regulate Gene Expression.

Maren Schneider, Doris Hellerschmied, Tobias Schubert, Stefan Amlacher, Vinesh Vinayachandran, Rohit Reja, B Franklin Pugh, Tim Clausen, Alwin Köhler

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Article in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Structures and mRNP remodeling mechanism of the TREX-2 complex.Structure (London, England : 1993) · 2025
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  19. Nuclear mRNA export.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Maren SchneiderMax F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Doris HellerschmiedResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Tobias SchubertMax F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Stefan AmlacherMax F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Vinesh VinayachandranDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Rohit RejaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
B Franklin PughDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Tim ClausenResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Alwin KöhlerMax F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter Campus (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/3, 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: alwin.koehler@mfpl.ac.at.
Pennsylvania State University · USResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology · ATVienna Biocenter · ATMax Perutz Labs · ATMedical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

REGULATION OF TBP DIMERSR01GM059055 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI PUGH, B FRANKLIN · 2000 to 2020
$6.6M
Austrian Science Fund FWF Y 557European Research Council 281354NIGMS NIH HHS GM059055NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) influence gene expression besides their established function in nuclear transport. The TREX-2 complex localizes to the NPC basket and affects gene-NPC interactions, transcription, and mRNA export. How TREX-2 regulates the gene expression machinery is unknown. Here, we show that TREX-2 interacts with the Mediator complex, an essential regulator of RNA Polymerase (Pol) II. Structural and biochemical studies identify a conserved region on TREX-2, which directly binds the Mediator Med31/Med7N submodule. TREX-2 regulates assembly of Mediator with the Cdk8 kinase and is required for recruitment and site-specific phosphorylation of Pol II. Transcriptome and phenotypic profiling confirm that TREX-2 and Med31 are functionally interdependent at specific genes. TREX-2 additionally uses its Mediator-interacting surface to regulate mRNA export suggesting a mechanism for coupling transcription initiation and early steps of mRNA processing. Our data provide mechanistic insight into how an NPC-associated adaptor complex accesses the core transcription machinery.

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Transcription, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsHumansMediator ComplexModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMultiprotein ComplexesNuclear PoreNucleocytoplasmic Transport ProteinsPorinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexRibonucleoproteinsRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiaeMediator ComplexMultiprotein ComplexesNucleocytoplasmic Transport ProteinsPorinsProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexRibonucleoproteinsRNA Polymerase IISAC3 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSEM1 protein, S cerevisiaeThp1 protein, S cerevisiae

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PMID26317468
PMCPMC4644235
OpenAlexW1936611779

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