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Ssl2/TFIIH Function in Transcription Start Site Scanning by RNA Polymerase II in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

ABSTRACT: The initial step of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription involves a large number of transcription factors and arises at multiple sites within most promoters. TFIIH is an essential, multi-subunit transcription factor that assembles on promoter DNA with Pol II and five other general transcription factors (GTFs) to form a pre-initiation complex (PIC) for basal transcription. During transcription initiation, TFIIH melts promoter DNA through the ATPase activity of its Ssl2 subunit. In the model eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae, after DNA melting, Pol II scans downstream for usable transcription start sites (TSSs). To understand the function of Ssl2/TFIIH in promoter scanning and TSS selection, we identified novel alleles of SSL2 in genetic screens for mutants defective in TSS distribution that may potentially arise from altered scanning. Consistent with this notion, these ssl2 alleles alter scanning in ways that are distinct from how changes to the Pol II active site alter scanning and this difference is observed genome-wide. Our investigations support two major pathways in controlling promoter scanning and TSS selection, one controlling the efficiency of initiation through Pol II activity or factors regulating Pol II activity; another network appears to control the processivity of scanning by Ssl2/TFIIH.

ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae

PROVIDER: GSE182792 | GEO | 2021/08/28

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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