Phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II is independent of P-TEFb in the C. elegans germline
| Autor: | Elizabeth Anne Bowman, Jeong Hyun Ahn, Christopher Ray Bowman, William G. Kelly |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Positive Transcriptional Elongation Factor B
Blotting Western RNA polymerase II Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Germline Animals Genetically Modified Cyclin-dependent kinase RNA interference Serine Animals Phosphorylation P-TEFb Caenorhabditis elegans Molecular Biology Research Articles Cyclin biology biology.organism_classification Clutch Size Molecular biology Cyclin-Dependent Kinases Germ Cells Microscopy Fluorescence biology.protein RNA Interference RNA Polymerase II Developmental Biology |
| Popis: | RNA polymerase II (Pol II) elongation in metazoans is thought to require phosphorylation of serine 2 (Ser2-P) of the Pol II C-terminal domain (CTD) by the P-TEFb complex, CDK-9/cyclin T. Another Ser2 kinase complex, CDK-12/cyclin K, which requires upstream CDK-9 activity has been identified in Drosophila and human cells. We show that regulation of Ser2-P in C. elegans soma is similar to other metazoan systems, but Ser2-P in the germline is independent of CDK-9, and largely requires only CDK-12. The observed differences are not due to differential tissue expression as both kinases and their cyclin partners are ubiquitously expressed. Surprisingly, loss of CDK-9 from germ cells has little effect on Ser2-P, yet CDK-9 is essential for germline development. By contrast, loss of CDK-12 and Ser2-P specifically from germ cells has little impact on germline development or function, although significant loss of co-transcriptional H3K36 trimethylation is observed. These results show a reduced requirement for Pol II Ser2-P in germline development and suggest that generating Ser2-P is not the essential role of CDK-9 in these cells. Transcriptional elongation in the C. elegans germline thus appears to be uniquely regulated, which may be a novel facet of germline identity. |
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