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ArticleNature communications2025

Multiple structures of RNA polymerase II isolated from human nuclei by ChIP-CryoEM analysis.

Tomoya Kujirai, Junko Kato, Kyoka Yamamoto, Seiya Hirai, Takeru Fujii, Kazumitsu Maehara, Akihito Harada, Lumi Negishi, Mitsuo Ogasawara, Yuki Yamaguchi and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Tomoya KujiraiLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5547-9598
Junko KatoLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Kyoka YamamotoLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Seiya HiraiLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeru FujiiDivision of Transcriptomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kazumitsu MaeharaDivision of Transcriptomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2933-5176
Akihito HaradaDivision of Transcriptomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-1420-4549
Lumi NegishiLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7297-0634
Mitsuo OgasawaraLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuki YamaguchiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, 4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0197-614X
Yasuyuki OhkawaDivision of Transcriptomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-9954
Yoshimasa TakizawaLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6265-4830
Hitoshi KurumizakaLaboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kurumizaka@iqb.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-3722

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23ama121017j0001Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23gm1810008Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP24ama121002Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP24ama121009MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP20H03182MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP20H03201MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP20H05690MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP21H05292MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22H04676MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22H04696MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22J20655MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22K06098MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22K15033MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22K19275MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22KJ0858MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H00372MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H02394MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H04288MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H05475MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23K17392MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24H00062MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24H02323MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24H02328MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR24Q1MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR24T3MEXT | JST | Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) JPMJER1901MEXT | JST | Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) JPMJPR2026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is a central transcription enzyme that exists as multiple forms with or without accessory factors, and transcribes the genomic DNA packaged in chromatin. To understand how RNAPII functions in the human genome, we isolate transcribing RNAPII complexes from human nuclei by chromatin immunopurification, and determine the cryo-electron microscopy structures of RNAPII elongation complexes (ECs) associated with genomic DNA in distinct forms, without or with the elongation factors SPT4/5, ELOF1, and SPT6. This ChIP-cryoEM method also reveals the two EC-nucleosome complexes corresponding nucleosome disassembly/reassembly processes. In the structure of EC-downstream nucleosome, EC paused at superhelical location (SHL) -5 in the nucleosome, suggesting that SHL(-5) pausing occurs in a sequence-independent manner during nucleosome disassembly. In the structure of the EC-upstream nucleosome, EC directly contacts the nucleosome through the nucleosomal DNA-RPB4/7 stalk and the H2A-H2B dimer-RPB2 wall interactions, suggesting that EC may be paused during nucleosome reassembly. These representative EC structures transcribing the human genome provide mechanistic insights into understanding RNAPII transcription on chromatin.

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Cell NucleusRNA Polymerase IIChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCryoelectron MicroscopyDNAHistonesHumansNucleosomesTranscriptional Elongation FactorsChromatinDNAHistonesNucleosomesRNA Polymerase IITranscriptional Elongation Factors

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