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ArticleeLife2015

Molecular architecture of the yeast Mediator complex.

Philip J Robinson, Michael J Trnka, Riccardo Pellarin, Charles H Greenberg, David A Bushnell, Ralph Davis, Alma L Burlingame, Andrej Sali, Roger D Kornberg

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Article in eLife, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Philip J RobinsonDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Michael J TrnkaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Riccardo PellarinDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Charles H GreenbergDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
David A BushnellDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Ralph DavisDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Alma L BurlingameDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Andrej SaliDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
Roger D KornbergDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States.
Stanford University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USQB3 · US

Funding

TR&D Project 4. The Imaging Stage: Multiscale Spatiotemporal Modeling of Macromolecular Systems in Cellular NeighborhoodsP41GM109824 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROUT, MICHAEL P · 2014 to 2023
$18.8M
Structure of the Eukaryote Transcription ApparatusR01AI021144 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KORNBERG, ROGER D · 1985 to 2018
$10.3M
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008284 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KORTEMME, TANJA · 1988 to 2022
$10.1M
Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectromy ResourceP41GM103481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BURLINGAME, ALMA L · 2012 to 2015
$6.4M
IMP: Software for Hybrid Determination of Macromolecular Assembly StructuresR01GM083960 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SALI, ANDREJ · 2008 to 2024
$5.2M
Integrative Program in Complex Biological System (ipCBS)T32EB009383 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MARSHALL, WALLACE, WEINER, ORION D · 2009 to 2022
$3.2M
Facilitating large scale biomass generation: acquisition of an automated 100 L feS10RR028096 · NCRR · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KORNBERG, ROGER D · 2010 to 2010
$324k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR028096NCRR NIH HHS S10RR028096NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI021144NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI21144NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB009383NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103481NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM109824NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083960NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 21-subunit Mediator complex transduces regulatory information from enhancers to promoters, and performs an essential role in the initiation of transcription in all eukaryotes. Structural information on two-thirds of the complex has been limited to coarse subunit mapping onto 2-D images from electron micrographs. We have performed chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry, and combined the results with information from X-ray crystallography, homology modeling, and cryo-electron microscopy by an integrative modeling approach to determine a 3-D model of the entire Mediator complex. The approach is validated by the use of X-ray crystal structures as internal controls and by consistency with previous results from electron microscopy and yeast two-hybrid screens. The model shows the locations and orientations of all Mediator subunits, as well as subunit interfaces and some secondary structural elements. Segments of 20-40 amino acid residues are placed with an average precision of 20 Å. The model reveals roles of individual subunits in the organization of the complex.

Indexed as

Cross-Linking ReagentsCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayMass SpectrometryMediator ComplexModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCross-Linking ReagentsMediator Complexbiophysicscross-linkingmass spectrometrymodelingRNA polymerase IIS. cerevisiaestructural biologytranscriptional regulation

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PMID26402457
PMCPMC4631838
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