2024
An RNA-centric view of transcription and genome organization
Henninger J, Young R. An RNA-centric view of transcription and genome organization. Molecular Cell 2024, 84: 3627-3643. PMID: 39366351, PMCID: PMC11495847, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.08.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene regulationGenome architectureTranscriptional regulationModel of transcriptional regulationAssembly of protein complexesAssembly of transcription complexesLocal genome architectureSilencing of genesGenomic compartmentsGenome organizationGenomic structureRNA polymeraseChromatin regulationTranscription complexActive genesProtein complexesRNA moleculesTranscription factorsGenomeProtein kinaseSpecific genesGenesFeedback regulationRNASpatial compartmentsRNA and condensates: Disease implications and therapeutic opportunities
Han T, Portz B, Young R, Boija A, Klein I. RNA and condensates: Disease implications and therapeutic opportunities. Cell Chemical Biology 2024, 31: 1593-1609. PMID: 39303698, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegulate key cellular processesDiverse RNA speciesRNA speciesTarget RNACompartmentalizing proteinsCellular processesRNA moleculesMembraneless organellesRNA roleBiomolecular condensatesRNA-based therapiesComplex diseasesRNA abnormalitiesRNADisease pathogenesisCondensate formationProperties of condensatesTherapeutic strategiesSmall moleculesOrganellesMislocalizationOverexpressionProteinSpeciesNeurological disordersMECP2 directly interacts with RNA polymerase II to modulate transcription in human neurons
Liu Y, Flamier A, Bell G, Diao A, Whitfield T, Wang H, Wu Y, Schulte F, Friesen M, Guo R, Mitalipova M, Liu X, Vos S, Young R, Jaenisch R. MECP2 directly interacts with RNA polymerase II to modulate transcription in human neurons. Neuron 2024, 112: 1943-1958.e10. PMID: 38697112, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPromoter-proximal regionRNA polymerase IIPolymerase IIHuman neuronsMethylated DNA binding protein MeCP2RNA Pol IIWild-typeLoss of gene activityAutism risk genesPol IIPositive cofactorCpG islandsTranscriptional regulationModulate transcriptionProtein MeCP2Patient mutationsNeurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndromeGene activationRisk genesProteomic analysisNeuronal genesRett syndromeGene expressionGenesRNA
1990
Conditional Mutations Occur Predominantly in Highly Conserved Residues of RNA Polymerase II Subunits
Scafe C, Martin C, Nonet M, Podos S, Okamura S, Young R. Conditional Mutations Occur Predominantly in Highly Conserved Residues of RNA Polymerase II Subunits. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1990, 10: 1270-1275. DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.3.1270-1275.1990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRNA polymerase II largest subunitRNA polymerase mutantsAmino acid residuesRPB1 geneLarge subunitInvariant residuesEucaryotic organismsPolymerase mutantsConditional mutationsYeast cellsSequence analysisAcid residuesRPB2RPB1MutationsCold sensitivityResiduesYeastMutantsCellsHomologyPlasmidGenesRNASubunit