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A Computational Pipeline for Intergenic/Intragenic Enhancer RNA Quantification in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
Published on: October 28, 2025
ATAC and Mediator coactivators form a stable complex and regulate a set of non-coding RNA genes
Arnaud R Krebs1, Jeroen Demmers, Krishanpal Karmodiya
1Department of Functional Genomics, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Parc d'Innovation, 1 rue Laurent Fries, CNRS UMR 7104, INSERM U 964, Université de Strasbourg, BP 10142, Illkirch Cedex 67404, France.
Abstract:
The Ada-Two-A-containing (ATAC) histone acetyltransferase and Mediator coactivator complexes regulate independent and distinct steps during transcription initiation and elongation. Here, we report the identification of a new stable molecular assembly formed between the ATAC and Mediator complexes in mouse embryonic stem cells. Moreover, we identify leucine zipper motif-containing protein 1 as a subunit of this meta-coactivator complex (MECO). Finally, we demonstrate that the MECO regulates a subset of RNA polymerase II-transcribed non-coding RNA genes. Our findings establish that transcription coactivator complexes can form stable subcomplexes to facilitate their combined actions on specific target genes.
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