The gammaherpesviral TATA-box-binding protein directly interacts with the CTD of host RNA Pol II to direct late gene transcription
Castañeda A, Didychuk A, Louder R, McCollum C, Davis Z, Nogales E, Glaunsinger B. The gammaherpesviral TATA-box-binding protein directly interacts with the CTD of host RNA Pol II to direct late gene transcription. PLOS Pathogens 2020, 16: e1008843. PMID: 32886723, PMCID: PMC7498053, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsHEK293 CellsHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumansProtein BindingProtein DomainsRNA Polymerase IITATA-Box Binding ProteinViral ProteinsConceptsTATA box-binding proteinRNA polymerase IIN-terminal domainPol IIPolymerase IICellular TATA box binding proteinHost RNA polymerase IIRecruitment of RNA polymerase IIGene transcriptionLate gene transcriptionPol II recruitmentProtein interaction studiesProtein-protein contactsC-terminal domainEukaryotic transcriptionPolymerase recruitmentHuman cytomegalovirusPreinitiation complexHost transcriptionRNA PolLate genesMicroscopy-based imagingKaposi's sarcoma-associated virusTranscriptional activityPromoter recognition