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- Title
The yeast Rat1 exonuclease promotes transcription termination by RNA polymerase II.
- Authors
Kim, Minkyu; Krogan, Nevan J.; Vasiljeva, Lidia; Rando, Oliver J.; Nedea, Eduard; Greenblatt, Jack F.; Buratowski, Stephen
- Abstract
The carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of the RNA polymerase II (RNApII) largest subunit consists of multiple heptapeptide repeats with the consensus sequence YSPTSPS. Different CTD phosphorylation patterns act as recognition sites for the binding of various messenger RNA processing factors, thereby coupling transcription and mRNA processing. Polyadenylation factors are co-transcriptionally recruited by phosphorylation of CTD serine 2 (ref. 2) and these factors are also required for transcription termination. RNApII transcribes past the poly(A) site, the RNA is cleaved by the polyadenylation machinery, and the RNA downstream of the cleavage site is degraded. Here we show that Rtt103 and the Rat1/Rai1 5'?3'exonuclease are localized at 3'ends of protein coding genes. In rat1-1 or rai1?cells, RNA 3'to polyadenylation sites is greatly stabilized and termination defects are seen at many genes. These findings support a model in which poly(A) site cleavage and subsequent degradation of the 3'-downstream RNA by Rat1 trigger transcription termination.
- Subjects
RIBOSE; NUCLEIC acids; RNA; POLYMERASE chain reaction; GENES; HEREDITY
- Publication
Nature, 2004, Vol 432, Issue 7016, p517
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature03041