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GO:0051123
Name
RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
RNA polymerase II transcription PIC biosynthesis, RNA polymerase II transcription PIC formation, RNA polymerase II transcriptional preinitiation complex assembly, RNA polymerase II transcriptional preinitiation complex formation
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Definition
The formation of a large multiprotein-DNA complex that self-assembles on gene promoter through the sequential recruitment of the general initiation factors that compose the preinitiation complex (PIC) (which may include TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, and TFIIH complexes). The PIC engages RNA polymerase II on its DNA template strand and sparks polymerization of the first few RNA nucleotides of the nascent transcript, of which 8 are base-paired with the DNA template within a DNA bubble. PIC assembly may result in a pause step, which marks the end of the PIC assembly and may be followed by promoter clearance (exact synonym: promoter escape). For RNA polymerase II PIC assembly is preceded by the formation of a nucleosome-free region that allows the transcription machinery to access the promoter DNA. Source: PMID:15020047, PMID:31300188, GOC:txnOH
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Parents of RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly (GO:0051123)
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RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  transcription initiation at RNA polymerase II promoter (GO:0006367)
RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly [is_a relation] is_a  transcription preinitiation complex assembly (GO:0070897)
Children of RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly (GO:0051123)
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negative regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription preinitiation complex assembly (GO:0017055) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly
RNA polymerase II complex recruiting activity (GO:0001139) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly
regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription preinitiation complex assembly (GO:0045898) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly
positive regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription preinitiation complex assembly (GO:0045899) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex assembly
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