HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2020, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (3): 5-8.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2020.03.001

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Resarch progress of transcription mediator complex

WANG Wen, LIU Kun   

  1. School of Life Sciences,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072,China
  • Received:2019-01-06 Published:2020-05-11

Abstract: The mediator complex, a highly conserved large complex with modular tissue, is widely distributed in eukaryotes and is involved in the transmission of information between transcription factors and RNA polymerase II. The main function of the mediator complex is to regulate the expression of downstream genes by interacting with transcription factors stimulated by different signaling pathways. In addition, the mediator complex interacts with various cofactors to participate in processes such as transcriptional elongation, mRNA export, and selective splicing, thereby controlling various physiological functions of the cell. The close relationship between mediator complexes and disease makes it possible to study the treatment of disease with mediator as a target. Based on the structure of the mediator complex, the molecular mechanism and function of the mediator complex in the regulation of gene expression were introduced, in order to provide reference for the following research.

Key words: mediator complex, structure, molecular mechanism, function

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