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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS
Volume 1839, Issue 4, Pages 316-333Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.02.001
Keywords
Ess1/Pin1; Peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerase; Transcription regulation; CTD code; Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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- National Science Foundation [MCB-0613001]
- National Institutes of Health [R01-GM55108]
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Ess1 is a prolyl isomerase that regulates the structure and function of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II. Ess1 works by catalyzing the cis/trans conversion of pSer5-Pro6 bonds, and to a lesser extent pSer2-Pro3 bonds, within the carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of Rpb1, the largest subunit of RNA pol II. Ess1 is conserved in organisms ranging from yeast to humans. In budding yeast, Ess1 is essential for growth and is required for efficient transcription initiation and termination, RNA processing, and suppression of cryptic transcription. In mammals, Ess1 (called Pin1) functions in a variety of pathways, including transcription, but it is not essential. Recent work has shown that Ess1 coordinates the binding and release of CTD-binding proteins that function as co-factors in the RNA pol II complex. In this way, Ess1 plays an integral role in writing (and reading) the so-called CID code to promote production of mature RNA pol II transcripts including non-coding RNAs and mRNAs. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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