9XGK | pdb_00009xgk

Structure of mammalian RNA polymerase II stalled by Actinomycin D at the N-1 position.

PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9XGK/pdb
EM Map EMD-66852: EMDB EMDataResource

Classification: TRANSCRIPTION
Organism(s): Bos taurus, synthetic construct
Mutation(s): No

Deposited: 2025-10-30 Released: 2026-02-11
Deposition Author(s): Xu, J., Zhao, W.
Funding Organization(s): National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Experimental Data Snapshot

Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Resolution: 2.53 Å
Aggregation State: PARTICLE
Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE

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Literature

Structure of mammalian RNA polymerase II stalled by Actinomycin D induced pausing at the N-1 position.

Xu, J., Zhao, W.

To be published.

Macromolecule Content

Total Structure Weight: 552.98 kDa
Atom Count: 32,455
Modeled Residue Count: 3,970
Deposited Residue Count: 4,708
Unique protein chains: 13
Unique nucleic acid chains: 3

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB1	A	1,970	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0 EC: 2.7.7.6 (PDB Primary Data), 3.1.13 (PDB Primary Data), 2.7.7.48 (PDB Primary Data)
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UniProt Group	G3MZY8
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Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB2	B	1,174	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0 EC: 2.7.7.6 (PDB Primary Data), 3.1.13 (PDB Primary Data), 2.7.7.48 (PDB Primary Data)
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UniProt Group	A5PJW8
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Entity ID: 3
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB3	C	275	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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UniProt Group	Q3T0Q3
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Entity ID: 4
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB4	D	142	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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UniProt Group	Q1JQ91
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Entity ID: 5
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC1	E	210	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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UniProt Group	Q2T9T3
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Entity ID: 6
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC2	F	127	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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UniProt Group	F2Z4C9
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Entity ID: 7
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB7	G	172	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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UniProt Group	Q5E9B8
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Entity ID: 8
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC3	H	150	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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Entity ID: 9
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB9	I	125	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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Entity ID: 10
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC5	J	67	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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Entity ID: 11
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit RPB11	K	117	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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Entity ID: 12
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
DNA-directed RNA polymerases I, II, and III subunit RPABC4	L	58	Bos taurus	Mutation(s): 0
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Entity ID: 13
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Actinomycin D	M	11	synthetic construct	Mutation(s): 0
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Entity ID: 14
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
DNA (NTS, non-template strand)	N	48	synthetic construct
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Entity ID: 15
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
RNA	O [auth P]	13	synthetic construct
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Entity ID: 16
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
DNA (TS, template strand)	P [auth T]	49	synthetic construct
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Small Molecules

Ligands 2 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram	3D Interactions
ZN Query on ZN Download Ideal Coordinates CCD File SDF format, chain Q [auth A] SDF format, chain R [auth A] SDF format, chain T [auth B] SDF format, chain U [auth C] SDF format, chain W [auth I] SDF format, chain X [auth J] SDF format, chain Y [auth L] SDF format, chain V [auth I] MOL2 format, chain Q [auth A] MOL2 format, chain R [auth A] MOL2 format, chain T [auth B] MOL2 format, chain U [auth C] MOL2 format, chain W [auth I] MOL2 format, chain X [auth J] MOL2 format, chain Y [auth L] MOL2 format, chain V [auth I] mmCIF format, chain Q [auth A] mmCIF format, chain R [auth A] mmCIF format, chain T [auth B] mmCIF format, chain U [auth C] mmCIF format, chain W [auth I] mmCIF format, chain X [auth J] mmCIF format, chain Y [auth L] mmCIF format, chain V [auth I]	Q [auth A] R [auth A] T [auth B] U [auth C] V [auth I] Q [auth A], R [auth A], T [auth B], U [auth C], V [auth I], W [auth I], X [auth J], Y [auth L]	ZINC ION Zn PTFCDOFLOPIGGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N		Interactions Focus chain Q [auth A] Focus chain R [auth A] Focus chain T [auth B] Focus chain U [auth C] Focus chain V [auth I] Focus chain W [auth I] Focus chain X [auth J] Focus chain Y [auth L] Interactions & Density Focus chain Q [auth A] Focus chain R [auth A] Focus chain T [auth B] Focus chain U [auth C] Focus chain V [auth I] Focus chain W [auth I] Focus chain X [auth J] Focus chain Y [auth L]
MG (Subject of Investigation/LOI) Query on MG Download Ideal Coordinates CCD File SDF format, chain S [auth A] MOL2 format, chain S [auth A] mmCIF format, chain S [auth A]	S [auth A]	MAGNESIUM ION Mg JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N		Interactions Focus chain S [auth A] Interactions & Density Focus chain S [auth A]

Modified Residues 2 Unique
ID	Chains	Type	Formula	2D Diagram	Parent
MVA Query on MVA	M	L-PEPTIDE LINKING	C₆ H₁₃ N O₂		VAL
SAR Query on SAR	M	PEPTIDE LINKING	C₃ H₇ N O₂		GLY

Biologically Interesting Molecules (External Reference) 1 Unique

Entity ID: 13
ID	Chains	Name	Type/Class	2D Diagram	3D Interactions
PRD_000001 Query on PRD_000001	M	Actinomycin D	Polypeptide / Antibiotic		Interactions Focus chain M Interactions & Density Focus chain M

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
Resolution: 2.53 Å
Aggregation State: PARTICLE
Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.20.1_4487
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

Released Date: 2026-02-11

Deposition Author(s):

Xu, J.

Zhao, W.

Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	China	32370590

Revision History (Full details and data files)

Version 1.0: 2026-02-11
Type: Initial release

RCSB PDB Core Operations are funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (DBI-2321666), the US Department of Energy (DE-SC0019749), and the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant R01GM157729. RCSB PDB uses resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a Department of Energy User Facility.

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Structure of mammalian RNA polymerase II stalled by Actinomycin D at the N-1 position.

Structure of mammalian RNA polymerase II stalled by Actinomycin D induced pausing at the N-1 position.

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9XGK | pdb_00009xgk