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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2025

Mechanism of polyadenylation-independent RNA polymerase II termination.

Srinivasan Rengachari, Thomas Hainthaler, Christiane Oberthuer, Michael Lidschreiber, Patrick Cramer

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Srinivasan RengachariDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany. srinivasan.rengachari@mpinat.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4237-8258
Thomas HainthalerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.
Christiane OberthuerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.
Michael LidschreiberDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6740-2755
Patrick CramerDepartment of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany. patrick.cramer@mpinat.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-7755

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Abstract

The mechanisms underlying the initiation and elongation of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription are well-studied, whereas termination remains poorly understood. Here we analyze the mechanism of polyadenylation-independent Pol II termination mediated by the yeast Sen1 helicase. Cryo-electron microscopy structures of two pretermination intermediates show that Sen1 binds to Pol II and uses its adenosine triphosphatase activity to pull on exiting RNA in the 5' direction. This is predicted to push Pol II forward, induce an unstable hypertranslocated state and destabilize the transcription bubble, thereby facilitating termination. This mechanism of transcription termination may be widely used because it is conceptually conserved in the bacterial transcription system.

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DNA HelicasesRNA HelicasesRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription Termination, GeneticCryoelectron MicroscopyModels, MolecularPolyadenylationDNA HelicasesRNA HelicasesRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSEN1 protein, S cerevisiae

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