Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

RNA polymerase I–Rrn3 complex at 4.8 Å resolution

  • Christoph Engel,
  • Jürgen Plitzko,
  • Patrick Cramer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12129
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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RNA polymerase I is the central enzyme that synthesizes ribosomal RNA in eukaryotic cells, and its regulation underlies cell growth. Here the authors present a high-resolution cryo-EM structure of the Pol I-Rrn3 complex that explains how Rrn3 specifically recognizes Pol I to form an initiation competent complex.