Cryo-EM structure of a mammalian RNA polymerase II elongation complex inhibited by alpha-amanitin.
Liu, X., Farnung, L., Wigge, C., Cramer, P.(2018) J. Biol. Chem. 293: 7189-7194
- PubMed: 29550768 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.002545
- PubMed Abstract: 
RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is the central enzyme that transcribes eukaryotic protein-coding genes to produce mRNA. The mushroom toxin α-amanitin binds Pol II and inhibits transcription at the step of RNA chain elongation. Pol II from yeast binds α-am ...