title: Phosphorylation of the yeast Rpb1 C-terminal domain at serines 2, 5, and 7.
abstract: The C-terminal domain (CTD) of Rpb1, the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II, acts as a binding platform for various mRNA processing and histone-modifying enzymes that act co-transcriptionally. These factors are targeted to specific phosphorylation states of the CTD that predominate at different stages of transcription. Within the repeating sequence YSPTSPS, serines 2 and 5 are major phosphorylation sites, but serine 7 phosphorylation was recently discovered in mammalian cells. Here we show that CTD serine 7 is also phosphorylated in yeast and that Ser-7(P) chromatin immunoprecipitation patterns resemble those of Ser-5(P). The basal factor TFIIH can phosphorylate Ser-7 in vitro and is necessary for Ser-7(P) in vivo. Interestingly, deletion of the CTD Ser-5(P) phosphatase Rtr1 leads to an increase in Ser-5(P) but not Ser-7(P).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Minkyu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyunsuk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: Eun-Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buratowski
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D015151:Immunoblotting; D009154:Mutation; D010766:Phosphorylation; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012694:Serine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D021122:Protein Subunits; C530135:Rtr1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D012694:Serine; D012319:RNA Polymerase II; C511736:RPB1 protein, S cerevisiae
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