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ArticleMolecular cell2016

Molecular Structures of Transcribing RNA Polymerase I.

Lucas Tafur, Yashar Sadian, Niklas A Hoffmann, Arjen J Jakobi, Rene Wetzel, Wim J H Hagen, Carsten Sachse, Christoph W Müller

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Article in Molecular cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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62 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lucas TafurEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Yashar SadianEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Niklas A HoffmannEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Arjen J JakobiEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Hamburg Unit, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
Rene WetzelEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Wim J H HagenEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Carsten SachseEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Christoph W MüllerEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: cmueller@embl.de.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA polymerase I (Pol I) is a 14-subunit enzyme that solely synthesizes pre-ribosomal RNA. Recently, the crystal structure of apo Pol I gave unprecedented insight into its molecular architecture. Here, we present three cryo-EM structures of elongating Pol I, two at 4.0 Å and one at 4.6 Å resolution, and a Pol I open complex at 3.8 Å resolution. Two modules in Pol I mediate the narrowing of the DNA-binding cleft by closing the clamp domain. The DNA is bound by the clamp head and by the protrusion domain, allowing visualization of the upstream and downstream DNA duplexes in one of the elongation complexes. During formation of the Pol I elongation complex, the bridge helix progressively folds, while the A12.2 C-terminal domain is displaced from the active site. Our results reveal the conformational changes associated with elongation complex formation and provide additional insight into the Pol I transcription cycle.

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Amino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayDNAGene ExpressionModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein FoldingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsRecombinant ProteinsRNARNA Polymerase IDNAProtein SubunitsRecombinant ProteinsRNARNA Polymerase ISaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinscryoelectron microscopyelongation complexPol IrDNA transcriptionRNA polymerase Itranscription

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PMID27867008
PMCPMC5179497

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