Architecture of the yeast Pol III pre-termination complex and pausing mechanism on poly(dT) termination signals.
CP: Molecular biology
NT strand
RNA polymerase III
cryo-EM
pausing
poly(dT) signal
pre-termination complex
structure-function studies
termination
transcription
Journal
Cell reports
ISSN: 2211-1247
Titre abrégé: Cell Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101573691
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 09 2022
06 09 2022
Historique:
received:
10
03
2022
revised:
01
07
2022
accepted:
15
08
2022
entrez:
7
9
2022
pubmed:
8
9
2022
medline:
11
9
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
RNA polymerase (Pol) III is specialized to transcribe short, abundant RNAs, for which it terminates transcription on polythymine (dT) stretches on the non-template (NT) strand. When Pol III reaches the termination signal, it pauses and forms the pre-termination complex (PTC). Here, we report cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of the yeast Pol III PTC and complementary functional states at resolutions of 2.7-3.9 Å. Pol III recognizes the poly(dT) termination signal with subunit C128 that forms a hydrogen-bond network with the NT strand and, thereby, induces pausing. Mutating key interacting residues interferes with transcription termination in vitro, impairs yeast growth, and causes global termination defects in vivo, confirming our structural results. Additional cryo-EM analysis reveals that C53-C37, a Pol III subcomplex and key termination factor, participates indirectly in Pol III termination. We propose a mechanistic model of Pol III transcription termination and rationalize why Pol III, unlike Pol I and Pol II, terminates on poly(dT) signals.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36070694
pii: S2211-1247(22)01140-8
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111316
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
0
Poly T
25086-81-1
RNA Polymerase III
EC 2.7.7.6
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
111316Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.