@article{d43567a0cdb411dd9473000ea68e967b,
title = "The cyclin-dependent kinase 8 module sterically blocks Mediator interactions with RNA polymerase II",
abstract = "CDK8 (cyclin-dependent kinase 8), along with CycC, Med12, and Med13, form a repressive module (the Cdk8 module) that prevents RNA polymerase II (pol II) interactions with Mediator. Here, we report that the ability of the Cdk8 module to prevent pol II interactions is independent of the Cdk8-dependent kinase activity. We use electron microscopy and single-particle reconstruction to demonstrate that the Cdk8 module forms a distinct structural entity that binds to the head and middle region of Mediator, thereby sterically blocking interactions with pol II.",
author = "Hans Elmlund and Vera Baraznenok and Martin Lindahl and Samuelsen, {Camilla O} and Koeck, {Philip J B} and Steen Holmberg and Hans Hebert and Gustafsson, {Claes M}",
note = "Keywords: Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; Holoenzymes; Microscopy, Electron; Models, Molecular; Protein Binding; Protein Structure, Quaternary; Protein Structure, Tertiary; RNA Polymerase II; Schizosaccharomyces; Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1073/pnas.0607483103",
language = "English",
volume = "103",
pages = "15788--93",
journal = "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
issn = "0027-8424",
publisher = "The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
number = "43",
}