Chromatin and transcription in yeast

OJ Rando, F Winston - Genetics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the mechanisms by which chromatin structure controls eukaryotic
transcription has been an intense area of investigation for the past 25 years. Many of the key …

Shaping the cellular landscape with Set2/SETD2 methylation

SL McDaniel, BD Strahl - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Chromatin structure is a major barrier to gene transcription that must be disrupted and re-set
during each round of transcription. Central to this process is the Set2/SETD2 …

Structure of activated transcription complex Pol II–DSIF–PAF–SPT6

SM Vos, L Farnung, M Boehning, C Wigge, A Linden… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Gene regulation involves activation of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that is paused and bound
by the protein complexes DRB sensitivity-inducing factor (DSIF) and negative elongation …

CTD tyrosine phosphorylation impairs termination factor recruitment to RNA polymerase II

A Mayer, M Heidemann, M Lidschreiber, A Schreieck… - Science, 2012 - science.org
In different phases of the transcription cycle, RNA polymerase (Pol) II recruits various factors
via its C-terminal domain (CTD), which consists of conserved heptapeptide repeats with the …

Updating the RNA polymerase CTD code: adding gene-specific layers

S Egloff, M Dienstbier, S Murphy - Trends in Genetics, 2012 - cell.com
The carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA polymerase (pol) II comprises multiple tandem
repeats with the consensus sequence Tyr 1-Ser 2-Pro 3-Thr 4-Ser 5-Pro 6-Ser 7 that can be …

The writers, readers, and functions of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain code

C Jeronimo, AR Bataille, F Robert - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Transcription in the nucleus of animal cells is performed by three distinct RNA polymerases
(RNAP), namely RNAPI, RNAPII, and RNAPIII. Among them, RNAPII is responsible for the …

Spt6 directly interacts with Cdc73 and is required for Paf1 complex occupancy at active genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

MA Ellison, S Namjilsuren, MK Shirra… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Paf1 complex (Paf1C) is a conserved transcription elongation factor that
regulates transcription elongation efficiency, facilitates co-transcriptional histone …

Insights into Spt6: a histone chaperone that functions in transcription, DNA replication, and genome stability

CLW Miller, JL Warner, F Winston - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Transcription elongation requires elaborate coordination between the transcriptional
machinery and chromatin regulatory factors to successfully produce RNA while preserving …

Spt6 regulates intragenic and antisense transcription, nucleosome positioning, and histone modifications genome-wide in fission yeast

CM DeGennaro, BH Alver, S Marguerat… - … and cellular biology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Spt6 is a highly conserved histone chaperone that interacts directly with both RNA
polymerase II and histones to regulate gene expression. To gain a comprehensive …

Spt6 is required for the fidelity of promoter selection

SM Doris, J Chuang, O Viktorovskaya, M Murawska… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Spt6 is a conserved factor that controls transcription and chromatin structure across the
genome. Although Spt6 is viewed as an elongation factor, spt6 mutations in Saccharomyces …