Resolving RNA polymerase structures at the atomic level has revolutionized our understanding of transcription. Three articles now published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology and Nature Communications decipher unique properties of human RNA polymerase III and propose built-in modules within the enzyme that mediate transcriptional activation, repression and antirepression.
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Lata, E., Teichmann, M. Activation and repression at the heart of human RNA polymerase III. Nat Struct Mol Biol 28, 124–126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-021-00561-1
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