Structural basis of TFIIIC-dependent RNA polymerase III transcription initiation.

Autor: Talyzina A; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA., Han Y; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA., Banerjee C; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA., Fishbain S; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA., Reyes A; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA., Vafabakhsh R; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA., He Y; Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: yuanhe@northwestern.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecular cell [Mol Cell] 2023 Aug 03; Vol. 83 (15), pp. 2641-2652.e7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.06.015
Abstrakt: RNA polymerase III (Pol III) is responsible for transcribing 5S ribosomal RNA (5S rRNA), tRNAs, and other short non-coding RNAs. Its recruitment to the 5S rRNA promoter requires transcription factors TFIIIA, TFIIIC, and TFIIIB. Here, we use cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) to visualize the S. cerevisiae complex of TFIIIA and TFIIIC bound to the promoter. Gene-specific factor TFIIIA interacts with DNA and acts as an adaptor for TFIIIC-promoter interactions. We also visualize DNA binding of TFIIIB subunits, Brf1 and TBP (TATA-box binding protein), which results in the full-length 5S rRNA gene wrapping around the complex. Our smFRET study reveals that the DNA within the complex undergoes both sharp bending and partial dissociation on a slow timescale, consistent with the model predicted from our cryo-EM results. Our findings provide new insights into the transcription initiation complex assembly on the 5S rRNA promoter and allow us to directly compare Pol III and Pol II transcription adaptations.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE