Structural basis of the nucleosome transition during RNA polymerase II passage.
Kujirai, T., Ehara, H., Fujino, Y., Shirouzu, M., Sekine, S.I., Kurumizaka, H.(2018) Science 362: 595-598
- PubMed: 30287617 
- DOI: 10.1126/science.aau9904
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6A5L, 6A5O, 6A5P, 6A5R, 6A5T, 6A5U, 6INQ - PubMed Abstract: 
Genomic DNA forms chromatin, in which the nucleosome is the repeating unit. The mechanism by which RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcribes the nucleosomal DNA remains unclear. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of RNAPII-nucleosome complexes in which RNAPII pauses at the superhelical locations SHL(-6), SHL(-5), SHL(-2), and SHL(-1) of the nucleosome ...