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RNA polymerase II conserved protein domains as platforms for protein-protein interactions
M Carmen García-López1, Francisco Navarro
1Departamento de Biología Experimental; Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales; Universidad de Jaén; Jaén, Spain.
Abstract:
RNA polymerase II establishes many protein-protein interactions with transcriptional regulators to coordinate gene expression, but little is known about protein domains involved in the contact with them. We use a new approach to look for conserved regions of the RNA pol II of S. cerevisiae located at the surface of the structure of the complex, hypothesizing that they might be involved in the interaction with transcriptional regulators. We defined five different conserved domains and demonstrate that all of them make contact with transcriptional regulators.
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