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Purification of an RNA polymerase II transcript release factor from Drosophila
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Purification of an RNA polymerase II transcript release factor from Drosophila

Zhi Xie and David H Price
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.271(19), pp.11043-11046
05/10/1996
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.19.11043
PMID: 8626643
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Abstract

Factor 2 was previously identified in Drosophila Kc cell nuclear extract (KcN) as an activity suppressing the appearance of long transcripts (Price, D. H., Sluder, A. E., and Greenleaf, A. L. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 3244-3255). A 154-kDa protein with factor 2 activity was purified to apparent homogeneity from KcN. An immobilized template assay indicated that factor 2 caused the release of transcripts by RNA polymerase II in an ATP-dependent manner. Some early elongation complexes were resistant to factor 2 action but became sensitive after treatment with 1 M KCl. In the absence of factor 2, transcription complexes still exhibited a low degree of processivity suggesting that factor 2 was only partially responsible for abortive elongation.
Transcription Factors - metabolism Adenosine Triphosphatases - isolation & purification Cell Line Ribonucleotides - metabolism Animals Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Adenosine Triphosphatases - metabolism Transcription Factors - isolation & purification Transcription, Genetic RNA Polymerase II - metabolism Drosophila melanogaster Suppression, Genetic

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