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| Title | RNA polymerase II bound to Gdown1 and RPAP2 (composite map) | |||||||||
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Keywords | cytoplasm / polymerase / biogenesis / TRANSCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Function / homology | Function and homology informationmaintenance of ER location / RNA polymerase II CTD heptapeptide repeat phosphatase activity / snRNA transcription / RNA polymerase core enzyme binding / microfibril binding / PERK-mediated unfolded protein response / RNA Polymerase III Chain Elongation / RNA Polymerase III Transcription Termination / regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase I / RPAP3/R2TP/prefoldin-like complex ...maintenance of ER location / RNA polymerase II CTD heptapeptide repeat phosphatase activity / snRNA transcription / RNA polymerase core enzyme binding / microfibril binding / PERK-mediated unfolded protein response / RNA Polymerase III Chain Elongation / RNA Polymerase III Transcription Termination / regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase I / RPAP3/R2TP/prefoldin-like complex / RNA Polymerase III Transcription Initiation From Type 1 Promoter / RNA Polymerase III Transcription Initiation From Type 2 Promoter / RNA Polymerase III Transcription Initiation From Type 3 Promoter / RNA Polymerase III Abortive And Retractive Initiation / Cytosolic sensors of pathogen-associated DNA / transcription elongation factor activity / Abortive elongation of HIV-1 transcript in the absence of Tat / FGFR2 alternative splicing / transcription preinitiation complex / RNA Polymerase I Transcription Termination / Viral Messenger RNA Synthesis / I band / Signaling by FGFR2 IIIa TM / MicroRNA (miRNA) biogenesis / protein-serine/threonine phosphatase / LRR domain binding / DNA-templated transcription elongation / RNA Pol II CTD phosphorylation and interaction with CE during HIV infection / RNA Pol II CTD phosphorylation and interaction with CE / Formation of the Early Elongation Complex / Formation of the HIV-1 Early Elongation Complex / mRNA Capping / HIV Transcription Initiation / RNA Polymerase II HIV Promoter Escape / Transcription of the HIV genome / RNA Polymerase II Promoter Escape / RNA Polymerase II Transcription Pre-Initiation And Promoter Opening / RNA Polymerase II Transcription Initiation / RNA Polymerase II Transcription Initiation And Promoter Clearance / PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) biogenesis / mRNA Splicing - Minor Pathway / Processing of Capped Intron-Containing Pre-mRNA / positive regulation of nuclear-transcribed mRNA poly(A) tail shortening / protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity / termination of RNA polymerase II transcription / RNA polymerase II complex binding / RNA Polymerase I Transcription Initiation / RNA polymerase II transcribes snRNA genes / Pausing and recovery of Tat-mediated HIV elongation / Tat-mediated HIV elongation arrest and recovery / HIV elongation arrest and recovery / Pausing and recovery of HIV elongation / transcription by RNA polymerase III / maintenance of transcriptional fidelity during transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II / positive regulation of translational initiation / nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process / Tat-mediated elongation of the HIV-1 transcript / Formation of HIV-1 elongation complex containing HIV-1 Tat / mRNA Polyadenylation / Formation of HIV elongation complex in the absence of HIV Tat / RNA polymerase I complex / RNA polymerase III complex / RNA Polymerase II Transcription Elongation / Formation of RNA Pol II elongation complex / RNA polymerase II, core complex / tRNA transcription by RNA polymerase III / transcription elongation by RNA polymerase I / transcription by RNA polymerase I / RNA Polymerase II Pre-transcription Events / mRNA Splicing - Major Pathway / transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair / translation initiation factor binding / Inhibition of DNA recombination at telomere / positive regulation of RNA splicing / Dengue Virus-Host Interactions / TP53 Regulates Transcription of DNA Repair Genes / RNA Polymerase I Promoter Escape / Transcriptional regulation by small RNAs / transcription initiation at RNA polymerase II promoter / promoter-specific chromatin binding / P-body / transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II / DNA-templated transcription termination / protein-DNA complex / NoRC negatively regulates rRNA expression / B-WICH complex positively regulates rRNA expression / mRNA transcription by RNA polymerase II / fibrillar center / Activation of anterior HOX genes in hindbrain development during early embryogenesis / ribonucleoside binding / kinase binding / Transcription-Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair (TC-NER) / Formation of TC-NER Pre-Incision Complex / DNA-directed RNA polymerase / Dual incision in TC-NER / Gap-filling DNA repair synthesis and ligation in TC-NER / DNA-directed RNA polymerase activity / nuclear envelope / transcription by RNA polymerase II / chromosome Similarity search - Function | |||||||||
| Biological species | Homo sapiens (human) | |||||||||
| Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 2.7 Å | |||||||||
Authors | Hlavata A / Bernecky C | |||||||||
| Funding support | 1 items
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Citation | Journal: Nat Commun / Year: 2026Title: Structure of cytoplasmic RNA polymerase II. Authors: Annamaria Hlavata / Benjamin Neuditschko / Ulla Schellhaas / Clemens Plaschka / Franz Herzog / Carrie Bernecky / ![]() Abstract: RNA polymerase II (Pol II) must be assembled in the cytoplasm before it enters the nucleus, where it transcribes protein-coding genes. Although transcription by Pol II is intensively studied, how ...RNA polymerase II (Pol II) must be assembled in the cytoplasm before it enters the nucleus, where it transcribes protein-coding genes. Although transcription by Pol II is intensively studied, how this central multi-subunit enzyme is made and the role of dedicated assembly factors remains unclear. Here, we report the integrative structural analysis of a native human Pol II from the cytoplasm captured near the end of biogenesis. The complex contains Gdown1 and three biogenesis factors - RPAP2 and the critical small GTPases GPN1 and GPN3. Cryo-EM analysis of the complex reveals how Gdown1 and RPAP2 associate with Pol II and prevent the premature association of transcription factors. Further biochemical and cryo-EM analysis reveals how RPAP2 tethers GPN1-GPN3 to the complex and how the assembly of the RPAP2-GPN1-GPN3 complex is controlled by GTP hydrolysis. The combined results uncover a network of interactions that chaperone cytoplasmic Pol II to prevent aberrant interactions, reveal a molecular switch regulating biogenesis factor association, and suggest a general mechanism for the action of GPN-loop GTPase family of enzymes. | |||||||||
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| Map data | emd_55583.map.gz | 1.4 MB | EMDB map data format | |
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| Header (meta data) | emd-55583-v30.xml emd-55583.xml | 37.6 KB 37.6 KB | Display Display | EMDB header |
| Images | emd_55583.png | 107 KB | ||
| Filedesc metadata | emd-55583.cif.gz | 10 KB | ||
| Archive directory | http://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-55583 ftp://ftp.pdbj.org/pub/emdb/structures/EMD-55583 | HTTPS FTP |
-Related structure data
| Related structure data | ![]() 9t5hMC ![]() 9t5jC M: atomic model generated by this map C: citing same article ( |
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| Similar structure data | Similarity search - Function & homology F&H Search |
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| EMDB pages | EMDB (EBI/PDBe) / EMDataResource |
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| File | Download / File: emd_55583.map.gz / Format: CCP4 / Size: 216 MB / Type: IMAGE STORED AS FLOATING POINT NUMBER (4 BYTES) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotation | Composite map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 1.312 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sample components
+Entire : RNA polymerase II bound to Gdown1 and RPAP2
+Supramolecule #1: RNA polymerase II bound to Gdown1 and RPAP2
+Supramolecule #2: RNA polymerase II
+Macromolecule #1: DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit
+Macromolecule #2: DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2
+Macromolecule #3: DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB3
+Macromolecule #4: DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB4
+Macromolecule #5: DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC1
+Macromolecule #6: DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC2
+Macromolecule #7: DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB7
+Macromolecule #8: DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC3
+Macromolecule #9: DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB9
+Macromolecule #10: DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC5
+Macromolecule #11: DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB11-a
+Macromolecule #12: DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC4
+Macromolecule #13: DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit GRINL1A
+Macromolecule #14: Putative RNA polymerase II subunit B1 CTD phosphatase RPAP2
+Macromolecule #15: ZINC ION
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-Structure determination
| Method | cryo EM |
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Processing | single particle reconstruction |
| Aggregation state | particle |
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| Buffer | pH: 8.2 Component:
Details: pH at 4 degrees Celsius | |||||||||||||||
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| Grid | Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: CONTINUOUS / Support film - Film thickness: 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV |
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Electron microscopy
| Microscope | TFS KRIOS |
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| Specialist optics | Energy filter - Name: GIF Bioquantum / Energy filter - Slit width: 10 eV |
| Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / Average electron dose: 75.0 e/Å2 |
| Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Electron optics | C2 aperture diameter: 50.0 µm / Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Nominal defocus max: 3.5 µm / Nominal defocus min: 0.3 µm / Nominal magnification: 130000 |
| Sample stage | Specimen holder model: FEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER / Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN |
| Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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