The cyclin-dependent kinase 8 module sterically blocks Mediator interactions with RNA polymerase II

Hans Elmlund; Vera Baraznenok; Martin Lindahl; Camilla O Samuelsen; Philip J B Koeck; Steen Holmberg; Hans Hebert; Claes M Gustafsson

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The cyclin-dependent kinase 8 module sterically blocks Mediator interactions with RNA polymerase II

Hans Elmlund, Vera Baraznenok, Martin Lindahl, Camilla O Samuelsen, Philip J B Koeck, Steen Holmberg, Hans Hebert, Claes M Gustafsson

Functional Genomics

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America
Volume	103
Issue number	43
Pages (from-to)	15788-93
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0027-8424
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0607483103
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Elmlund, H., Baraznenok, V., Lindahl, M., Samuelsen, C. O., Koeck, P. J. B., Holmberg, S., Hebert, H., & Gustafsson, C. M. (2006). The cyclin-dependent kinase 8 module sterically blocks Mediator interactions with RNA polymerase II. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 103(43), 15788-93. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0607483103

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The cyclin-dependent kinase 8 module sterically blocks Mediator interactions with RNA polymerase II

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