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TRANSCRIPTION. Recruitment of RNA polymerase II by the pioneer transcription factor PHA-4.

ABSTRACT: Pioneer transcription factors initiate cell-fate changes by binding to silent target genes. They are among the first factors to bind key regulatory sites and facilitate chromatin opening. Here, we identify an additional role for pioneer factors. In early Caenorhabditis elegans foregut development, the pioneer factor PHA-4/FoxA binds promoters and recruits RNA polymerase II (Pol II), often in a poised configuration in which Pol II accumulates near transcription start sites. At a later developmental stage, PHA-4 promotes chromatin opening. We found many more genes with poised RNA polymerase than had been observed previously in unstaged embryos, revealing that early embryos accumulate poised Pol II and that poising is dynamic. Our results suggest that Pol II recruitment, in addition to chromatin opening, is an important feature of PHA-4 pioneer factor activity.

SUBMITTER: Hsu HT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4861314 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TRANSCRIPTION. Recruitment of RNA polymerase II by the pioneer transcription factor PHA-4.

Hsu H-T HT Chen H-M HM Yang Z Z Wang J J Lee N K NK Burger A A Zaret K K Liu T T Levine E E Mango S E SE

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20150601 6241

Pioneer transcription factors initiate cell-fate changes by binding to silent target genes. They are among the first factors to bind key regulatory sites and facilitate chromatin opening. Here, we identify an additional role for pioneer factors. In early Caenorhabditis elegans foregut development, the pioneer factor PHA-4/FoxA binds promoters and recruits RNA polymerase II (Pol II), often in a poised configuration in which Pol II accumulates near transcription start sites. At a later development ...[more]

PMID: 26089518

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