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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2016

The Transcription Factor THO Promotes Transcription Initiation and Elongation by RNA Polymerase I.

Yinfeng Zhang, Sarah L French, Ann L Beyer, David A Schneider

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. NETSeq reveals heterogeneous nucleotide incorporation by RNA polymerase I.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yinfeng ZhangFrom the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0024 and.
Sarah L Frenchthe Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908.
Ann L Beyerthe Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908.
David A SchneiderFrom the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0024 and dschneid@uab.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Control of RNA polymerase I transcription initiation and elongationR01GM084946 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI SCHNEIDER, DAVID ALAN · 2009 to 2020
$3.8M
Visualizing Genetic Activity in Normal & Mutant YeastR01GM063952 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI BEYER, ANN L. · 2001 to 2013
$3.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM063952NIGMS NIH HHS GM084946NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063952NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although ribosomal RNA represents the majority of cellular RNA, and ribosome synthesis is closely connected to cell growth and proliferation rates, a complete understanding of the factors that influence transcription of ribosomal DNA is lacking. Here, we show that the THO complex positively affects transcription by RNA polymerase I (Pol I). We found that THO physically associates with the rDNA repeat and interacts genetically with Pol I transcription initiation factors. Pol I transcription in hpr1 or tho2 null mutants is dramatically reduced to less than 20% of the WT level. Pol I occupancy of the coding region of the rDNA in THO mutants is decreased to ~50% of WT level. Furthermore, although the percentage of active rDNA repeats remains unaffected in the mutant cells, the overall rDNA copy number increases ~2-fold compared with WT. Together, these data show that perturbation of THO function impairs transcription initiation and elongation by Pol I, identifying a new cellular target for the conserved THO complex.

Indexed as

DNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalMultiprotein ComplexesNuclear ProteinsRNA Polymerase ISaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription Elongation, GeneticTranscription FactorsTranscription Initiation, GeneticDNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalHPR1 protein, S cerevisiaeMultiprotein ComplexesNuclear ProteinsRNA Polymerase ISaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTHO2 protein, S cerevisiaeTranscription Factorsgene expressionribosomal RNA processing (rRNA processing)ribosomeRNA polymerase Itranscription

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PMID26663077
PMCPMC4742762
OpenAlexW2191431880

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