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XB-ART-12486
Mol Cell Biol 1999 Sep 01;199:6154-63. doi: 10.1128/MCB.19.9.6154.
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MCM proteins are associated with RNA polymerase II holoenzyme.

Yankulov K , Todorov I , Romanowski P , Licatalosi D , Cilli K , McCracken S , Laskey R , Bentley DL .


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MCMs are a family of proteins related to ATP-dependent helicases that bind to origin recognition complexes and are required for initiation of DNA replication. We report that antibodies against MCM2(BM28) specifically inhibited transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) in microinjected Xenopus oocytes. Consistent with this observation, MCM2 and other MCMs copurified with Pol II and general transcription factors (GTFs) in high-molecular-weight holoenzyme complexes isolated from Xenopus oocytes and HeLa cells. Pol II and GTFs also copurified with MCMs isolated by anti-MCM3 immunoaffinity chromatography. MCMs were specifically displaced from the holoenzyme complex by antibody against the C-terminal domain (CTD) of Pol II. In addition, MCMs bound to a CTD affinity column, suggesting that their association with holoenzyme depends in part on this domain of Pol II. These results suggest a new function for MCM proteins as components of the Pol II transcriptional apparatus.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: mcm2 mcm3 mmut

References [+] :
Anderson, BRCA1 protein is linked to the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme complex via RNA helicase A. 1998, Pubmed