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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 55-65Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00526-4
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM25232] Funding Source: Medline
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Positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is a kinase that phosphorylates the carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA Polymerase II (Pol II). Here, we show that flavopiridol, a highly specific P-TEFb kinase inhibitor, dramatically reduces the global levels of Ser2-but not Ser5-phosphorylated CTD at actively transcribed loci on Drosophila polytene chromosomes under both normal and heat shocked conditions. Brief treatment of Drosophila cells with flavopiridol leads to a reduction in the accumulation of induced hsp70 and hsp26 RNAs. Surprisingly, the density of transcribing Pol II and Pol II progression through hsp70 in vivo are nearly normal in flavopiridol-treated cells. The major defect in expression is at the level of 3' end processing. A similar but more modest 3' processing defect was also observed for hsp26. We propose that P-TEFb phosphorylation of Pol II CTD coordinates transcription elongation with 3' end processing, and failure to do so leads to rapid RNA degradation.
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