PLOS GENETICS RESEARCH ARTICLE RNA Polymerase II CTD phosphatase Rtr1 fine-tunes transcription termination 1☯ 1☯ 1 Jose F. VictorinoID , Melanie J. FoxID , Whitney R. Smith-KinnamanID , Sarah A. Peck 1 1 1 1 1 JusticeID , Katlyn H. BurrissID , Asha K. Boyd , Megan A. Zimmerly , Rachel R. Chan , 1 2,3 1,3¤ Gerald O. Hunter , Yunlong LiuID , Amber L. MosleyID * 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, 2 Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, 3 Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America a1111111111 a1111111111 ☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. a1111111111 ¤ Current address: Amber L. Mosley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University a1111111111 School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America a1111111111 *
[email protected] Abstract OPEN ACCESS RNA Polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription termination is regulated by the phosphorylation Citation: Victorino JF, Fox MJ, Smith-Kinnaman status of the C-terminal domain (CTD). The phosphatase Rtr1 has been shown to regulate WR, Peck Justice SA, Burriss KH, Boyd AK, et al. serine 5 phosphorylation on the CTD; however, its role in the regulation of RNAPII termina- (2020) RNA Polymerase II CTD phosphatase Rtr1 tion has not been explored. As a consequence of RTR1 deletion, interactions within the ter- fine-tunes transcription termination. PLoS Genet mination machinery and between the termination machinery and RNAPII were altered as 16(3): e1008317. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.