Interaction modules that impart specificity to disordered protein

K Cermakova, HC Hodges - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2023‏ - cell.com
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are especially enriched among proteins that regulate
chromatin and transcription. As a result, mechanisms that influence specificity of IDR-driven …

What do transcription factors interact with?

H Chen, BF Pugh - Journal of molecular biology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Although we have made significant progress, we still possess a limited understanding of
how genomic and epigenomic information directs gene expression programs through …

Structural insights into preinitiation complex assembly on core promoters

X Chen, Y Qi, Z Wu, X Wang, J Li, D Zhao, H Hou, Y Li… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION RNA polymerase II (Pol II)–mediated transcription initiation requires
assembly of a preinitiation complex (PIC), during which the 14-subunit transcription factor IID …

Tumor suppressor p53: from engaging DNA to target gene regulation

MA Sammons, TAT Nguyen, SS McDade… - Nucleic acids …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
The p53 transcription factor confers its potent tumor suppressor functions primarily through
the regulation of a large network of target genes. The recent explosion of next generation …

Inferring transcriptional bursting kinetics from single-cell snapshot data using a generalized telegraph model

S Luo, Z Zhang, Z Wang, X Yang… - Royal Society …, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Gene expression has inherent stochasticity resulting from transcription's burst manners.
Single-cell snapshot data can be exploited to rigorously infer transcriptional burst kinetics …

Multiple direct interactions of TBP with the MYC oncoprotein

Y Wei, D Resetca, Z Li, I Johansson-Åkhe… - Nature structural & …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Transcription factor c-MYC is a potent oncoprotein; however, the mechanism of
transcriptional regulation via MYC-protein interactions remains poorly understood. The …

What could go wrong? A practical guide to single-particle cryo-EM: from biochemistry to atomic models

MA Cianfrocco, EH Kellogg - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has enjoyed explosive recent growth due to
revolutionary advances in hardware and software, resulting in a steady stream of long …

p53 pulse modulation differentially regulates target gene promoters to regulate cell fate decisions

MD Harton, WS Koh, AD Bunker, A Singh… - Molecular Systems …, 2019‏ - embopress.org
The p53 tumor suppressor regulates distinct responses to cellular stresses. Although
different stresses generate different p53 dynamics, the mechanisms by which cells decode …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional kinetic synergy: A complex landscape revealed by integrating modeling and synthetic biology

R Martinez-Corral, M Park, KM Biette, D Friedrich… - Cell systems, 2023‏ - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) control gene expression, often acting synergistically. Classical
thermodynamic models offer a biophysical explanation for synergy based on binding …

Imaging organization of RNA processing within the nucleus

J Biswas, W Li, RH Singer… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2021‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Within the nucleus, messenger RNA is generated and processed in a highly organized and
regulated manner. Messenger RNA processing begins during transcription initiation and …