Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

PHF3 regulates neuronal gene expression through the Pol II CTD reader domain SPOC

  • Lisa-Marie Appel,
  • Vedran Franke,
  • Melania Bruno,
  • Irina Grishkovskaya,
  • Aiste Kasiliauskaite,
  • Tanja Kaufmann,
  • Ursula E. Schoeberl,
  • Martin G. Puchinger,
  • Sebastian Kostrhon,
  • Carmen Ebenwaldner,
  • Marek Sebesta,
  • Etienne Beltzung,
  • Karl Mechtler,
  • Gen Lin,
  • Anna Vlasova,
  • Martin Leeb,
  • Rushad Pavri,
  • Alexander Stark,
  • Altuna Akalin,
  • Richard Stefl,
  • Carrie Bernecky,
  • Kristina Djinovic-Carugo,
  • Dea Slade

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26360-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 24

Abstract

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Here the authors identify PHF3 SPOC domain as a reader of the phosphorylated RNA polymerase II (Pol II) C-terminal domain. They show that PHF3 clusters with Pol II complexes in cells, drives phase separation of Pol II in vitro, and regulates neuronal gene expression and neuronal differentiation.