Eychenne Thomas, Werner Michel, Soutourina Julie
a Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Institute of Life Sciences Frédéric Joliot, CEA, CNRS , Univ. Paris Sud, University Paris Saclay , Gif-sur-Yvette , France.
b Institut Pasteur, (Epi)genomics of Animal Development Unit , Development and Stem Cell Biology Department, CNRS UMR3778 , Paris , France.
Transcription. 2017;8(5):328-342. doi: 10.1080/21541264.2017.1329000. Epub 2017 Aug 25.
Mediator is a multisubunit complex conserved in eukaryotes that plays an essential coregulator role in RNA polymerase (Pol) II transcription. Despite intensive studies of the Mediator complex, the molecular mechanisms of its function in vivo remain to be fully defined. In this review, we will discuss the different aspects of Mediator function starting with its interactions with specific transcription factors, its recruitment to chromatin and how, as a coregulator, it contributes to the assembly of transcription machinery components within the preinitiation complex (PIC) in vivo and beyond the PIC formation.
中介体是真核生物中保守的多亚基复合物,在RNA聚合酶(Pol)II转录中起重要的共调节因子作用。尽管对中介体复合物进行了深入研究,但其在体内的功能分子机制仍有待充分阐明。在本综述中,我们将讨论中介体功能的不同方面,首先是其与特定转录因子的相互作用、其被招募到染色质上的过程,以及作为共调节因子,它如何在体内起始前复合物(PIC)内及PIC形成之外促进转录机制组件的组装。