• First, we showed that translation of the transcriptional regulator CsgD is inhibited by two sRNAs through a direct antisense mechanism.In some bacterial mRNAs, the ribosome binding site (RBS) is sequestered in a stable structure, which generally generates very low protein output. (avhandlingar.se)
  • The role of the putative transcriptional regulator GlyR2 in the regulation of cel5D expression was investigated. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • B) When AHL presents and binds to transcriptional regulator, the transcription regulator binds its DNA binding site, thus to reduce the accessibility of RNA polymerase to promoter, repressing the transcription initiation. (igem.org)
  • 14733) putative transcriptional regulator%2C AsnC family CP001857 CDS Arcpr_0015 complement(14711. (go.jp)
  • One weakness of REDUCE is that it can miss weak but biologically significant variants of the regulator site. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We assign transcription initiation sites to 7691 protein-coding genes and find that they display features typical of eukaryotic promoters. (nih.gov)
  • We show that this is a genome-wide feature of highly expressed genes, by identifying a domain of ∼700 bp with high CpG content downstream of the transcription start site, correlating with high levels of transcription. (nih.gov)
  • In eukaryotes the initiation of transcription of protein encoding genes by polymerase II (Pol II) is modulated by general and specific transcription factors. (embl.de)
  • A complex interaction between the cleavage and polyadenylation molecular complex and cis -elements determine the polyadenylation site, which may result in the choice of non-canonical sites, resulting in alternative polyadenylation events, involved in the regulation of more than 80% of the genes expressed in plants. (frontiersin.org)
  • KANSAS CITY, MO-Just like orchestra musicians waiting for their cue, RNA polymerase II molecules are poised at the start site of many developmentally controlled genes, waiting for the "Go! (stowers.org)
  • Transcriptional control by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is a tightly orchestrated, multistep process that requires the concerted action of a large number of players to successfully transcribe the full length of genes. (stowers.org)
  • Genes are flanked by conserved transcriptional initiation and termination (polyadenylation) sites. (ictv.global)
  • Those sites contain the highly conserved pentamer 3′-UAAUU-5′ Most genes are separated by non-conserved intergenic sequences, but some genes overlap. (ictv.global)
  • We have performed transcriptional and proteomic studies of yeasts present in the pulmonary granulomas of PCM aiming to identify relevant genes and proteins that act under stressing conditions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nucleic-acid-binding motif in transcriptional elongation factor TFIIS and RNA polymerases. (embl.de)
  • The process of Translation is divided into four steps - Initiation, Elongation, Termination and Recycling in prokaryotes. (upes.ac.in)
  • They showed that post-transcriptional modifications of rRNA i.e. the methylations of G966 and C967 near the vicinity of initiator tRNA binding site and the conserved residues of tail of S9 protein (SKR) of the ribosome are involved in fidelity of translation at the step of initiation as well as elongation. (upes.ac.in)
  • Both wild type and kB-mutated type TNF-alpha promoters were utilized to study the dependence of TNF-alpha promoter on kB sites. (cdc.gov)
  • At the core promoter, the regulatory region containing the transcription start site (TSS), all inputs regulating transcription are integrated. (biorxiv.org)
  • New paper on initiation mechanisms at functionally distinct promoter classes out now! (imp.ac.at)
  • They show that promoter classes with distinct functions and initiation patterns function via pre-initiation complexes that display different compositions and dependencies. (imp.ac.at)
  • Both Sp1 and CRE sites were essential for the full promoter activity. (eurekamag.com)
  • Overexpression of the pituitary homeoprotein Pitx1 activated the promoter activity of the -4066/+172/luc construct, and mapping analysis indicated the existence of two Pitx1 response sites, including the CRE site. (eurekamag.com)
  • These studies demonstrated the nature of the rat sst2 gene and the functional importance of both Sp1 and CRE sites in regulating sst2 gene expression and suggest that the CRE site mediates, at least partly, the promoter activity activated by Pitx1 or estrogen. (eurekamag.com)
  • When AHL represents and binds to luxR proteins, luxR will bind to its DNA binding site, the lux box, thus to reduce the accessibility of RNA polymerases to this promoter, repressing the transcription initiation. (igem.org)
  • However, in contrast to prevailing views they co-occurred within the same promoter region: initiation originating from a focused PIC, and broad nucleosome-linked initiation. (nih.gov)
  • The structure defines the interactions that RNA polymerase and δ make with the DNA site for transcription initiation, known as the "promoter. (rutgers.edu)
  • When located upstream of the transcription start site (TSS), the cis -regulatory apparatus is often referred to as the promoter of a gene. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Promotes transcription initiation from the HSP1 and the light strand promoter by binding immediately upstream of transcriptional start sites. (nih.gov)
  • In an established line of rat fibroblasts (Rat-2), the more distal myc promoter (P2) is the preferred site of initiation. (lu.se)
  • Strikingly, the majority of initiation events occur in regions with enhancer-like chromatin signatures. (nih.gov)
  • We subclassified intergenic lncRNAs according to chromatin status at transcriptional initiation regions, defined by relative levels of histone H3K4 mono- and trimethylation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Here, we apply permanganate treatment and chromatin immunoprecipitation (PIP-seq) of initiation factors to identify the precise location of melted DNA separately associated with the pre-initiation complex (PIC) and the adjacent paused complex (PC). (nih.gov)
  • The mechanisms effecting establishment, maintenance, and modification of that specific physical conformation of CHROMATIN determining the transcriptional accessibility or inaccessibility of the DNA. (lookformedical.com)
  • Translation initiation, which is rate-limiting in protein synthesis, is often the step at which regulation occurs. (avhandlingar.se)
  • The structure provides a foundation for understanding bacterial transcription initiation and transcriptional regulation and provides a starting point for developing new antibacterial agents that function by inhibiting bacterial transcription. (rutgers.edu)
  • Because the transcription machineries in bacteria and higher organisms are structurally and mechanistically related, the structure also provides a framework for understanding transcription and transcriptional regulation in higher organisms, including humans. (rutgers.edu)
  • The precision of transcriptional regulation is made possible by the specificity of physical interactions between transcription factors and their cognate binding sites on DNA. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Transcriptional regulation is modulated by a complex network of interactions between regulatory proteins and their binding targets on DNA. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The availability of multiple PAS in the same 3' regulatory region enables the inclusion or exclusion of 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) sequences, resulting in transcripts that may differ in particularities involving post-transcriptional processes such as stability, transport and translation ( Mayr, 2016 ), and even protein localization ( Berkovits and Mayr, 2015 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a novel type of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), are ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells during post-transcriptional processes. (ijbs.com)
  • Therefore, EBF3 regulates a transcriptional program underlying a putative tumor suppression pathway. (aacrjournals.org)
  • The -10 sequence motif and initiation codon are underlined. (cdc.gov)
  • ii) identifying a higher-order assembly of initiation factors 1, 2, 3, and 5-the multifactor complex (MFC)-and elucidating its roles in PIC assembly and accurate start codon selection. (nih.gov)
  • We have also investigated the roles of various eIFs, tRNAi and the 40S subunit in scanning the mRNA 5′ untranslated region and in accurately identifying the AUG initiation codon. (nih.gov)
  • To investigate the molecular mechanisms regulating sst2 gene expression, we cloned the upstream region (9.5 kb) from the translation initiation codon of the rat sst2 gene. (eurekamag.com)
  • Primer extension analysis identified a transcriptional start site 72 bp upstream of the pckA initiation codon and an upstream sequence similar to ς 70 promoters. (asm.org)
  • Co-transcriptional capping (bottom) uses an mRNA cap analog, shown in yellow, in the transcription reaction. (neb.com)
  • The polyadenylation site (PAS), point from which the pre-mRNA is cleaved and polyadenylated, is defined by surrounding cis- elements ( Tian and Manley, 2016 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The location of the transcription initiation sites was determined using RT-PCR and the mRNA 5′-end extremities were detected using primer extension experiments. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • We also show that the transcriptional initiation of myc mRNA is changed in the RICs. (lu.se)
  • This regulatory module of the Spblimp1/krox gene, which lies immediately upstream of the transcription initiation site for Spblimp1/krox1a, directs expression with great accuracy to the midgut and hindgut of the postgastrular embryo. (caltech.edu)
  • It interacts with specific DNA sites upstream of the target gene and modulates the rate of transcriptional initiation. (umbc.edu)
  • Recent advances in understanding the role that epigenetics plays in cancer pathogenesis and understanding the mechanisms through which these processes regulate gene expression have stimulated considerable interest in developing clinically viable antineoplastic agents that target enzymatic components of transcriptional regulatory complexes responsible for the establishment of pathologic epigenetic modifications that lead to deregulated gene expression in cancer. (aacrjournals.org)
  • To accomplish this, the transcriptional unit is preceded by regulatory elements, such as promoters and enhancers, that modulate production of its protein encoding transcript ( Figure 1.2 ). (ernolaszlo.com)
  • Here, we investigated several mechanisms of translation initiation in Escherichia coli, including their control. (avhandlingar.se)
  • 39504) translation initiation factor 2%2C alpha subunit CP001857 CDS Arcpr_0045 complement(39546. (go.jp)
  • 54053) translation initiation factor eIF-1A CP001857 CDS Arcpr_0064 complement(54088. (go.jp)
  • Locations of transcriptional signals and BvgA bindings sites are based on Bartoloni et al. (cdc.gov)
  • We demonstrate that fREDUCE is a valuable tool for the prediction of degenerate transcription factor binding sites, especially from array datasets with weak signals that may elude other motif detection methods. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The activation of gene transcription is a multistep process that is triggered by factors that recognize transcriptional enhancer sites in DNA. (utsouthwestern.edu)
  • In this paper, we report four sets of crystal structures of bacterial initially transcribing complexes that demonstrate and define details of stepwise, RNA-extension-driven displacement of the "σ-finger" of the bacterial transcription initiation factor σ. (osti.gov)
  • Filovirus RNP complexes are composed of a genomic RNA molecule and four virion-associated structural proteins: NP (nucleoprotein), VP35 (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase cofactor), VP30 (transcriptional activator), and L (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase). (ictv.global)
  • This protein is also a component of other multisubunit complexes e.g. thyroid hormone receptor-(TR-) associated proteins which interact with TR and facilitate TR function on DNA templates in conjunction with initiation factors and cofactors. (utsouthwestern.edu)
  • NS transcript uses the D1/A1 donor/acceptor sites for splicing and has two alternate transcription termination sites (TTS) that were different from the previously predicted TTS. (arizona.edu)
  • The process may involve specific internal transcriptional initiation and termination sites. (bvsalud.org)
  • All capped structures are added in the proper orientation for recognition by the translational machinery, unlike co-transcriptional addition of some cap analogs (1). (neb.com)
  • Cells were sorted by fluorescence according to translational levels, and standby sites analyzed by deep sequencing. (avhandlingar.se)
  • These two classes of 5′ capped and polyadenylated RNA transcripts are indistinguishable with regard to their length, number of exons or transcriptional orientation relative to their closest neighboring gene. (biomedcentral.com)
  • PIP-seq allowed transcriptional orientation of Pol II to be determined, which may be useful near promoters where sufficient sense/anti-sense transcript mapping information is lacking. (nih.gov)
  • All organisms-bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes-have a transcription initiation factor that contains a structural module that binds within the RNA polymerase (RNAP) active-center cleft and interacts with template-strand single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in the immediate vicinity of the RNAP active center. (osti.gov)
  • This transcription initiation-factor structural module preorganizes template-strand ssDNA to engage the RNAP active center, thereby facilitating binding of initiating nucleotides and enabling transcription initiation from initiating mononucleotides. (osti.gov)
  • However, this transcription initiation-factor structural module occupies the path of nascent RNA and thus presumably must be displaced before or during initial transcription. (osti.gov)
  • They uncovered the finer details of the process of initiation using insights from structural and biochemical data on selection and passage of tRNA at the P site of the ribosome (initiator and peptidyl tRNA). (upes.ac.in)
  • Structural basis of transcription initiation , Science 338, 1076-1080. (rutgers.edu)
  • All of the quorum sensing systems currently exploited in synthetic biology exhibit transcriptional activation, which cannot provide negative feed back loops during cell-cell communication. (igem.org)
  • Subsequently, we used the Gcd− selection to identify domains/residues in eIF2 and tRNAi, eIF1, eIF1A, eIF3, and residues of 18S rRNA located near the 'P' decoding site of the 40S subunit, that participate in rapid TC recruitment in vivo (Figure 1A). (nih.gov)
  • Fig. 2: Transcriptional control of mitochondrial biogenesis through PGC1α. (nature.com)
  • SncRNAs are less than 200 nt in length, consisting of microRNAs (miRNAs), Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), endogenous small interfering RNAs (endo-siRNAs or esiRNAs) and transcription initiation RNAs (tiRNAs) [ 6 ]. (ijbs.com)
  • The dependence of TNF-alpha transcriptional initiation on kB sites was investigated using a luciferase reporter assay. (cdc.gov)
  • In starvation conditions, the reinitiating ribosomes bypass uORFs 2-4 and reinitiate at GCN4 instead, owing to lowered availability of the ternary complex (TC)-comprised of initiation factor 2 (eIF2), GTP, and initiator Met-tRNAi-which binds to the small (40S) ribosomal subunit to assemble a 43S preinitiation complex (PIC). (nih.gov)
  • In a paper published in Science, the Rutgers CCB scientists show how the molecular machine responsible for transcription initiation--a protein complex that consists of the enzyme RNA polymerase and the initiation factor δ- recognizes a specific site on DNA preceding a gene, binds to DNA, unwinds the DNA helix, and pre-organizes the unwound DNA to enable subsequent reactions. (rutgers.edu)
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  • Based on the overlap of transcription initiation clusters with mapped transcription factor binding sites, we define 2361 transcribed intergenic enhancers. (nih.gov)
  • For many years, the initiation of transcription-the assembly of the basal transcription machinery at the start site-was considered the rate-limiting step. (stowers.org)
  • NACs, MYBs, and AP2-ERFs) and elements of the post-transcriptional machinery that function during red-skinned berry ripening. (escholarship.org)
  • This work serves as a proof-of-principle study of the ribosome standby model.To investigate the sequence-dependency of standby sites further, we used an unbiased approach, creating plasmid libraries containing millions of different standby sites in the same reporter plasmid as before. (avhandlingar.se)
  • These studies exploit a genetic selection for mutations that elevate initiation at near-cognate UUG start codons (Sui− phenotype) or suppress this aberrant initiation event (Ssu− phenotype) (Figure 1B). (nih.gov)
  • A team of Rutgers CCB researchers led by Richard H. Ebright and Eddy Arnold has determined the three-dimensional structure of the transcription initiation complex, the key intermediate in the process by which cells read out genetic information in DNA. (rutgers.edu)
  • The initial 5' end of most protein-coding transcripts is removed by trans-splicing, and noncoding initiation sites have not been investigated. (nih.gov)
  • We have determined globally the sites of initiation of intergenic lncRNAs in erythroid cells, allowing us to distinguish two similarly abundant classes of transcripts. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Their sites of initiation are generally inferred from transcript 5' ends, and are thought to be either locally dispersed or focused. (nih.gov)
  • Here, we investigated the structure and sequence features of an effective standby site using plasmid-borne GFP reporter constructs, and showed that relatively short, single-stranded regions near a structurally sequestered RBS can profoundly increase translation rates. (avhandlingar.se)
  • Both the length and the sequence of these single-stranded regions are important for standby site efficiency, and the standby site needs to be single-stranded. (avhandlingar.se)
  • DNA sequence and shape analysis of initiation complex sites suggest that both sequence and shape contribute to specificity, but in a context-restricted manner. (nih.gov)
  • That is, initiation sites have the locally "best" initiator (INR) sequence and/or shape. (nih.gov)
  • A major challenge is to decipher transcription factor binding sites from sequence and functional genomic data using computational means. (biomedcentral.com)
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  • In this study, we combined genome-wide transcriptional profiling with targeted metabolite analyses and biochemical assays to characterize the impact of the disease on red-skinned berry ripening and metabolism. (escholarship.org)
  • Whole blood-based transcriptional risk score for nonobese type 2 diabetes predicts dynamic changes in glucose metabolism. (medscape.com)
  • The active site residues of carboxypeptidases A and B are conserved in this protein. (wikipedia.org)
  • Two essential and invariant acidic residues in a TFIIS loop complement the Pol II active site and could position a metal ion and a water molecule for hydrolytic RNA cleavage. (embl.de)
  • We characterized the landscape of RNA Pol II transcription initiation, identifying 73,500 distinct clusters of initiation. (nih.gov)
  • These findings have helped to illuminate the molecular mechanism of TC recruitment and assembly of 43S PICS at an early stage of the initiation pathway. (nih.gov)
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  • Application of a Schizosaccharomyces pombe Edc1-fused Dcp1-Dcp2 decapping enzyme for transcription start site mapping. (musc.edu)
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  • Competitive gel shift and supershift assays indicated that Sp2 and Sp3 were bound to an Sp1 site (-40/-31), and activating transcription factor-2 and c-Jun were bound to a CRE site. (eurekamag.com)
  • Determining the structure of a functional, specific transcription initiation complex has been a goal of researchers for three decades," said Ebright, a professor in Rutgers CCB and a laboratory director at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers. (rutgers.edu)
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  • Abscisic acid, ethylene, and auxin pathways, which control both the initiation of ripening and stress responses, were also compromised. (escholarship.org)
  • Here, we used Cap Analysis of Gene Expression (CAGE) to analyze the pattern of transcription start sites at four different environmental conditions (limited in ethanol, limited in nitrogen, limited in glucose and limited in glucose under anaerobic conditions) using the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain CEN.PK113-7D. (biorxiv.org)
  • This analysis showed that efficient standby sites have a low GC-content and rarely contain Shine-Dalgarno sequences. (avhandlingar.se)
  • Run-on analysis showed transcriptional attenuation in the normal rat myc gene, similar to the situation in mice and humans. (lu.se)
  • Such backtracking involves extrusion of the RNA 3'-end into the pore, and can lead to transcriptional arrest. (embl.de)
  • This region encompasses the transcription start site (TSS), defined as the nucleotide position where transcription is initiated ( 5 ). (biorxiv.org)