POLR2I

Polymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide I, 14.5kDa
Identifiers
Symbols	POLR2I ; RPB9; hRPB14.5
External IDs	OMIM: 180662 MGI: 1917170 HomoloGene: 4541 GeneCards: POLR2I Gene
EC number	2.7.7.6
Gene ontology Molecular function • DNA binding • DNA-directed RNA polymerase activity • zinc ion binding Cellular component • nucleus • nucleoplasm • DNA-directed RNA polymerase II, core complex • nucleolus Biological process • mRNA splicing, via spliceosome • maintenance of transcriptional fidelity during DNA-templated transcription elongation from RNA polymerase II promoter • DNA repair • transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair • nucleotide-excision repair • transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter • transcription elongation from RNA polymerase II promoter • 7-methylguanosine mRNA capping • RNA splicing • gene expression • viral process • piRNA metabolic process • somatic stem cell maintenance • positive regulation of viral transcription Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	5438	69920
Ensembl	ENSG00000105258	ENSMUSG00000019738
UniProt	P36954	P60898
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_006233	NM_027259
RefSeq (protein)	NP_006224	NP_081535
Location (UCSC)	Chr 19: 36.11 – 36.12 Mb	Chr 7: 30.23 – 30.23 Mb
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DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB9 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the POLR2I gene.^[1]

This gene encodes a subunit of RNA polymerase II, the polymerase responsible for synthesizing messenger RNA in eukaryotes. This subunit, in combination with two other polymerase subunits, forms the DNA binding domain of the polymerase, a groove in which the DNA template is transcribed into RNA. The product of this gene has two zinc finger motifs with conserved cysteines and the subunit does possess zinc binding activity.^[2]

References

1. Acker J, Mattei MG, Wintzerith M, Roeckel N, Depetris D, Vigneron M, Kedinger C (Aug 1994). "Chromosomal localization of human RNA polymerase II subunit genes". Genomics 20 (3): 496–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1208. PMID 8034326.
2. "Entrez Gene: POLR2I polymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide I, 14.5kDa".

Further reading

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• Marcello A, Zoppé M, Giacca M (2002). "Multiple modes of transcriptional regulation by the HIV-1 Tat transactivator.". IUBMB Life 51 (3): 175–81. doi:10.1080/152165401753544241. PMID 11547919.
• Stevens M, De Clercq E, Balzarini J (2007). "The regulation of HIV-1 transcription: molecular targets for chemotherapeutic intervention.". Med Res Rev 26 (5): 595–625. doi:10.1002/med.20081. PMID 16838299.
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• Wu-Baer F, Sigman D, Gaynor RB (1995). "Specific binding of RNA polymerase II to the human immunodeficiency virus trans-activating region RNA is regulated by cellular cofactors and Tat.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (16): 7153–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.16.7153. PMC 41297. PMID 7638159.
• Herrmann CH, Rice AP (1995). "Lentivirus Tat proteins specifically associate with a cellular protein kinase, TAK, that hyperphosphorylates the carboxyl-terminal domain of the large subunit of RNA polymerase II: candidate for a Tat cofactor.". J. Virol. 69 (3): 1612–20. PMC 188757. PMID 7853496.
• Acker J, Wintzerith M, Vigneron M, Kedinger C (1994). "Structure of the gene encoding the 14.5 kDa subunit of human RNA polymerase II.". Nucleic Acids Res. 21 (23): 5345–50. doi:10.1093/nar/21.23.5345. PMC 310569. PMID 8265347.
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• Okamoto H, Sheline CT, Corden JL, et al. (1996). "Trans-activation by human immunodeficiency virus Tat protein requires the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (21): 11575–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.21.11575. PMC 38099. PMID 8876177.
• Chun RF, Jeang KT (1996). "Requirements for RNA polymerase II carboxyl-terminal domain for activated transcription of human retroviruses human T-cell lymphotropic virus I and HIV-1.". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (44): 27888–94. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.44.27888. PMID 8910388.
• Parada CA, Roeder RG (1996). "Enhanced processivity of RNA polymerase II triggered by Tat-induced phosphorylation of its carboxy-terminal domain.". Nature 384 (6607): 375–8. doi:10.1038/384375a0. PMID 8934526.
• García-Martínez LF, Ivanov D, Gaynor RB (1997). "Association of Tat with purified HIV-1 and HIV-2 transcription preinitiation complexes.". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (11): 6951–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.11.6951. PMID 9054383.