National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
R01-GM63072
United States
National Institutes of Health
P01-GM063210
United States
Citation
Journal: Nature / Year: 2017 Title: The cryo-electron microscopy structure of human transcription factor IIH. Authors: Basil J Greber / Thi Hoang Duong Nguyen / Jie Fang / Pavel V Afonine / Paul D Adams / Eva Nogales / Abstract: Human transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) is part of the general transcriptional machinery required by RNA polymerase II for the initiation of eukaryotic gene transcription. Composed of ten subunits ...Human transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) is part of the general transcriptional machinery required by RNA polymerase II for the initiation of eukaryotic gene transcription. Composed of ten subunits that add up to a molecular mass of about 500 kDa, TFIIH is also essential for nucleotide excision repair. The seven-subunit TFIIH core complex formed by XPB, XPD, p62, p52, p44, p34, and p8 is competent for DNA repair, while the CDK-activating kinase subcomplex, which includes the kinase activity of CDK7 as well as the cyclin H and MAT1 subunits, is additionally required for transcription initiation. Mutations in the TFIIH subunits XPB, XPD, and p8 lead to severe premature ageing and cancer propensity in the genetic diseases xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndrome, and trichothiodystrophy, highlighting the importance of TFIIH for cellular physiology. Here we present the cryo-electron microscopy structure of human TFIIH at 4.4 Å resolution. The structure reveals the molecular architecture of the TFIIH core complex, the detailed structures of its constituent XPB and XPD ATPases, and how the core and kinase subcomplexes of TFIIH are connected. Additionally, our structure provides insight into the conformational dynamics of TFIIH and the regulation of its activity.
History
Deposition
Jul 10, 2017
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Header (metadata) release
Aug 23, 2017
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Map release
Sep 13, 2017
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Update
Nov 13, 2024
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Current status
Nov 13, 2024
Processing site: PDBe / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Model: C-flat-4/2 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 400 / Support film - #0 - Film type ID: 1 / Support film - #0 - Material: CARBON / Support film - #0 - topology: HOLEY / Support film - #1 - Film type ID: 2 / Support film - #1 - Material: CARBON / Support film - #1 - topology: CONTINUOUS / Pretreatment - Type: PLASMA CLEANING / Pretreatment - Time: 10 sec. / Pretreatment - Atmosphere: AIR
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 278.15 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / Details: 3-4 minute incubation, 2 second blot.
Details
Natively purified complex at approx. 10 nM concentration
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: COUNTING / Digitization - Dimensions - Width: 3840 pixel / Digitization - Dimensions - Height: 3710 pixel / Digitization - Frames/image: 1-30 / Number grids imaged: 4 / Number real images: 8300 / Average exposure time: 8.7 sec. / Average electron dose: 40.0 e/Å2 Details: 8300 micrographs collected in four session with identical acquisition settings. Sessions lasted 4, 2, 4, and 4 days and yielded 1200, 1700, 2800, and 2600 micrographs.
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Specimen holder model: GATAN 626 SINGLE TILT LIQUID NITROGEN CRYO TRANSFER HOLDER Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN
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Image processing
Details
Micrographs were inspected for quality of Thon rings and ice contamination. Poor micrographs were rejected.
Particle selection
Number selected: 1500000 Details: Initial rounds of particle selection using DogPicker within APPION to generate templates for subsequent RELION autopicking.
Details: Box and pixel size were adjusted before initial refinement.
Final reconstruction
Number classes used: 3 / Applied symmetry - Point group: C1 (asymmetric) / Algorithm: FOURIER SPACE / Resolution.type: BY AUTHOR / Resolution: 4.4 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Software - Name: RELION (ver. 1.4) / Details: RELION 3D auto-refinement (gold standard). / Number images used: 122900
Initial angle assignment
Type: PROJECTION MATCHING / Software - Name: RELION (ver. 1.4) Details: Maximum-likelihood 3D classification within RELION.
Final angle assignment
Type: PROJECTION MATCHING / Software - Name: RELION (ver. 1.4) / Details: Maximum-likelihood 3D refinement within RELION.
Final 3D classification
Software - Name: RELION (ver. 1.4) Details: Combination of individually sub-classified datasets (with variable number of classes).
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Atomic model buiding 1
Details
Initial model assembled from high-resolution structures and homology models. Subsequently rebuilt in O and COOT, refined into the cryo-EM map using PHENIX and REFMAC, and fully validated.
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