CDK9 and PPA2 regulate the link between RNA polymerase II transcription termination and RNA maturation
CDK9 and PPA2 regulate the link between RNA polymerase II transcription termination and RNA maturation
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CDK9 和 PPA2 调节 RNA 聚合酶 II 转录终止和 RNA 成熟之间的联系
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10.1101/2021.06.21.449289
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2021
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and Murphy S
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1.Tellier M;Zaborowska J;Neve J;Nojima T;Hester S;Furger A;and Murphy S
CDK9 is a kinase critical for the productive transcription of protein‐coding genes by RNA polymerase II (pol II). As part of P‐TEFb, CDK9 phosphorylates the carboxyl‐terminal domain (CTD) of pol II and elongation factors, which allows pol II to elongate past the early elongation checkpoint (EEC) encountered soon after initiation. We show that, in addition to halting pol II at the EEC, loss of CDK9 activity causes premature termination of transcription across the last exon, loss of polyadenylation factors from chromatin, and loss of polyadenylation of nascent transcripts. Inhibition of the phosphatase PP2A abrogates the premature termination and loss of polyadenylation caused by CDK9 inhibition, indicating that this kinase/phosphatase pair regulates transcription elongation and RNA processing at the end of protein‐coding genes. We also confirm the splicing factor SF3B1 as a target of CDK9 and show that SF3B1 in complex with polyadenylation factors is lost from chromatin after CDK9 inhibition. These results emphasize the important roles that CDK9 plays in coupling transcription elongation and termination to RNA maturation downstream of the EEC.