Transcription Factor II H

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Identifiers
Symbol GTF2H1
Alt. Symbols BTF2
Entrez 2965
HUGO 4655
OMIM 189972
RefSeq NM_005316
UniProt P32780
Other data
Locus Chr. 11 p15.1-p14
Identifiers
Symbol GTF2H2
Alt. Symbols BTF2, TFIIH, BTF2P44, T-BTF2P44
Entrez 2966
HUGO 4656
OMIM 601748
RefSeq NM_001515
UniProt Q13888
Other data
Locus Chr. 5 q12.2-13.3
general transcription factor IIH, polypeptide 3, 34kDa
Identifiers
Symbol GTF2H3
Alt. Symbols BTF2, TFIIH
Entrez 2967
HUGO 4657
OMIM 601750
RefSeq NM_001516
UniProt Q13889
Other data
Locus Chr. 12 q24.31

Transcription Factor II H (TFIIH) is one of several general transcription factors that make up the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex. TFIIH contains a number of subunits with different functions.[1] Two of the subunits, ERCC2/XPD and ERCC3/XPB, have helicase and ATPase activities and help create the transcription bubble. In a test tube these subunits are only required for transcription if the DNA template is not already denatured or supercoiled. Two other TFIIH subunits, CDK7 and cyclin H, phosphorylate serine amino acids on the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain and possibly other proteins involved in the cell cycle.


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  1. ^ Lee TI, Young RA (2000). "Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes". Annu. Rev. Genet. 34: 77–137. doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.34.1.77. PMID 11092823. 

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