Role of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase III in the Transcription of the tRNA and 5S RNA Genes
AUTOR(ES)
Weinmann, Roberto
RESUMO
Mouse myeloma cells have previously been shown (L. B. Schwartz, V. E. F. Sklar, J. A. Jaehning, R. Weinmann & R. G. Roeder, submitted for publication) to contain two chromatographically distinct forms of RNA polymerase III (designated IIIA and IIIB). The enzymes are unaffected by low α-amanitin concentrations which completely inhibit RNA polymerase II, but they exhibit characteristic inhibition curves (identical for IIIA and IIIB) at higher toxin concentrations. RNA polymerase I was unaffected at all α-amanitin concentrations tested. Myeloma RNA polymerases II, IIIA, and IIIB appear to be inhibited by the same mechanism, since the toxin rapidly blocks chain elongation by each enzyme. The characteristic α-amanitin sensitivity of RNA polymerase III has been employed in studies of the function(s) of the class III RNA polymerases.
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