Structural highlights
Function
MED6_HUMAN Component of the Mediator complex, a coactivator involved in the regulated transcription of nearly all RNA polymerase II-dependent genes. Mediator functions as a bridge to convey information from gene-specific regulatory proteins to the basal RNA polymerase II transcription machinery. Mediator is recruited to promoters by direct interactions with regulatory proteins and serves as a scaffold for the assembly of a functional preinitiation complex with RNA polymerase II and the general transcription factors.[1]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
RNA polymerase II-mediated eukaryotic transcription starts with the assembly of the preinitiation complex (PIC) on core promoters. The +1 nucleosome is well positioned about 40 base pairs downstream of the transcription start site (TSS) and is commonly known as a barrier of transcription. The +1 nucleosome-bound PIC-Mediator structures show that PIC-Mediator prefers binding to T40N nucleosome located 40 base pairs downstream of TSS and contacts T50N but not the T70N nucleosome. The nucleosome facilitates the organization of PIC-Mediator on the promoter by binding TFIIH subunit p52 and Mediator subunits MED19 and MED26 and may contribute to transcription initiation. PIC-Mediator exhibits multiple nucleosome-binding patterns, supporting a structural role of the +1 nucleosome in the coordination of PIC-Mediator assembly. Our study reveals the molecular mechanism of PIC-Mediator organization on chromatin and underscores the significance of the +1 nucleosome in regulating transcription initiation.
Structures of +1 nucleosome-bound PIC-Mediator complex.,Chen X, Wang X, Liu W, Ren Y, Qu X, Li J, Yin X, Xu Y Science. 2022 Oct 7;378(6615):62-68. doi: 10.1126/science.abn8131. Epub 2022 Oct , 6. PMID:36201575[2]
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References
- ↑ Baek HJ, Kang YK, Roeder RG. Human Mediator enhances basal transcription by facilitating recruitment of transcription factor IIB during preinitiation complex assembly. J Biol Chem. 2006 Jun 2;281(22):15172-81. Epub 2006 Apr 4. PMID:16595664 doi:M601983200
- ↑ Chen X, Wang X, Liu W, Ren Y, Qu X, Li J, Yin X, Xu Y. Structures of +1 nucleosome-bound PIC-Mediator complex. Science. 2022 Oct 7;378(6615):62-68. doi: 10.1126/science.abn8131. Epub 2022 Oct , 6. PMID:36201575 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abn8131
