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The preinitiation complex (abbreviated PIC) is a large complex of proteins that is necessary for the transcription of protein-coding genes in eukaryotes (+archaea). The preinitiation complex helps position RNA polymerase II over gene transcription start sites, denatures the DNA, and positions the DNA in the RNA polymerase II active site for transcription.[1]

Typically the PIC is made up of six general transcription factors: TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, and TFIIH.

In 2007 Roger D. Kornberg proposed the following model of the PIC at promoters with TATA boxes:[2]

  • TATA binding protein (TBP, a subunit of TFIID) binds the promoter, creating a sharp bend in the DNA. This bend wraps the DNA around RNA polymerase II and the C-terminal domain of TFIIB. TBP binds the TATA box, and the spacing of the TATA box relative to the transcription start site (25-30 base pairs upstream of the transcription start site) ensures that RNA polymerase II will be properly positioned.
  • The N-terminal domain of TFIIB brings the DNA into proper position for entry into the active site of RNA polymerase II.
  • TFIIE joins the growing complex and recruits TFIIH.
  • Subunits within TFIIH that have ATPase and helicase activity create negative superhelical tension in the DNA.
  • Negative superhelical tension causes the DNA to denature and form the transcription bubble. TFIIF binds to the coding strand of the single-stranded, denatured DNA and keeps the bubble open.
  • The single-stranded non-coding strand of the DNA can then bend and enter the RNA polymerase II active site.
  • If transcription proceeds more than six bases, TFIIB is displaced and RNA polymerase II escapes the promoter region to transcribe the remainder of the gene.

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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. 
  2. ^ Kornberg RD (2007). "The molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104 (32): 12955–61. doi:10.1073/pnas.0704138104. PMID 17670940. 



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