title: The Elp2 subunit of elongator and elongating RNA polymerase II holoenzyme is a WD40 repeat protein.
abstract: A novel yeast gene, ELP2, is shown to encode the 90-kDa subunit of the Elongator complex and elongating RNA polymerase II holoenzyme. ELP2 encodes a protein with eight WD40 repeats, and cells lacking the gene display typical elp phenotypes, such as temperature and salt sensitivity. Generally, different combinations of double and triple ELP gene deletions cause the same phenotypes as single ELP1, ELP2, or ELP3 deletion, providing genetic evidence that the ELP gene products work together in a complex.
authors.affiliation: Imperial Cancer Research Fund Clare Hall Laboratories, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Hertfordshire EN6 3LD, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fellows
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erdjument-Bromage
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tempst
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Svejstrup
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017353:Gene Deletion; D020035:Holoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010641:Phenotype; D011485:Protein Binding; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D020035:Holoenzymes; D012319:RNA Polymerase II