title: Rpb4 and Rpb9 mediate subpathways of transcription-coupled DNA repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Rpb9, a non-essential subunit of RNA polymerase II, mediates a transcription-coupled repair (TCR) subpathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This subpathway initiates at the same upstream site as the previously identified Rad26 subpathway. However, the Rpb9 subpathway operates more effectively in the coding region than in the region upstream of the transcription start site, whereas the Rad26 subpathway operates equally in the two regions. Rpb4, another non-essential subunit of RNA polymerase II, plays a dual role in regulating the two subpathways, suppressing the Rpb9 subpathway and facilitating the Rad26 subpathway. Simultaneous deletion of RPB9 and RAD26 genes completely abolishes TCR in both the coding and upstream regions, indicating that no other TCR subpathway exists in RNA polymerase II-transcribed genes.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4660, USA.
authors.forename: Shisheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Smerdon
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000502:physiology*; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000502:physiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D012319:RNA Polymerase II; C423309:RPB4 protein, S cerevisiae; C116192:Rpb9 protein, S pombe