Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication—crosstalk of post-translational modifications on the rna polymerase ii

MKV Ramani, W Yang, S Irani, Y Zhang - Journal of molecular biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The highly conserved C-terminal domain (CTD) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II
comprises a consensus heptad (Y 1 S 2 P 3 T 4 S 5 P 6 S 7) repeated multiple times …

Coupling of integrin α5 to annexin A2 by flow drives endothelial activation

C Zhang, T Zhou, Z Chen, M Yan, B Li, H Lv… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Atherosclerosis preferentially occurs at specific sites of the vasculature where
endothelial cells (ECs) are exposed to disturbed blood flow. Translocation of integrin α5 to …

Variation of C-terminal domain governs RNA polymerase II genomic locations and alternative splicing in eukaryotic transcription

Q Zhang, W Kim, SB Panina, JE Mayfield… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The C-terminal domain of RPB1 (CTD) orchestrates transcription by recruiting regulators to
RNA Pol II upon phosphorylation. With CTD driving condensate formation on gene loci, the …

A combinatorial view of old and new RNA polymerase II modifications

DE Lyons, S McMahon, M Ott - Transcription, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The production of mRNA is a dynamic process that is highly regulated by reversible post-
translational modifications of the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase II. The CTD is …

Thr4 phosphorylation on RNA Pol II occurs at early transcription regulating 3′-end processing

RY Moreno, SB Panina, S Irani, HA Hardtke… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
RNA polymerase II relies on a repetitive sequence domain (YSPTSPS) within its largest
subunit to orchestrate transcription. While phosphorylation on serine-2/serine-5 of the …

Ssu72 dual-specific protein phosphatase: from gene to diseases

S Hwang, MH Kim, CW Lee - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
More than 70% of eukaryotic proteins are regulated by phosphorylation. However, the
mechanism of dephosphorylation that counteracts phosphorylation is less studied …

Evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics of phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain by ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry

EE Escobar, MK Venkat Ramani, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The critical role of site-specific phosphorylation in eukaryotic transcription has motivated
efforts to decipher the complex phosphorylation patterns exhibited by the carboxyl-terminal …

Collaborators or competitors: the communication between RNA polymerase II and the nucleosome during eukaryotic transcription

HA Hardtke, YJ Zhang - Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Decades of scientific research have been devoted to unraveling the intricacies of eukaryotic
transcription since the groundbreaking discovery of eukaryotic RNA polymerases in the late …

Structural motifs for CTD kinase specificity on RNA polymerase II during eukaryotic transcription

MKV Ramani, EE Escobar, S Irani… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The phosphorylation states of RNA polymerase II coordinate the process of eukaryotic
transcription by recruitment of transcription regulators. The individual residues of the …

What's all the phos about? Insights into the phosphorylation state of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain via mass spectrometry

BM LeBlanc, RY Moreno, EE Escobar… - RSC Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) is one of the primary enzymes responsible for expressing
protein-encoding genes and some small nuclear RNAs. The enigmatic carboxy-terminal …