PubMed · 12369925
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P O Nyman. 2001. Introduction. dUTPases.. https://doi.org/10.2174/1389203013381071
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New structural studies of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) complexes mark the beginning of a detailed mechanistic analysis of the eukaryotic mRNA transcription cycle. Crystallographic models of the complete Pol II, together with new biochemical and electron microscopic data, give insights into transcription initiation. The first X-ray analysis of a Pol II complex with a transcription factor, the elongation factor TFIIS, supports the idea that the polymerase has a 'tunable' active site that switches between mRNA synthesis and cleavage. The new studies also show that domains of transcription factors can enter polymerase openings, to modulate function during transcription.
New structural analyses of the spectrin family of actin cross-linking proteins are providing molecular explanations for both the interchain binding between the alpha and beta chains of spectrin and the intermolecular associations between spectrin and other proteins. Additionally, the analyses bring into focus a conformation which may explain aspects of spectrin's interaction with lipids.
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