Type: | Family | Name: | Elongator complex protein 4 |
Description: | Elongator is a 6 subunit protein complex highly conserved in eukaryotes. The human Elongator six-subunit complex, known as holo-Elongator, has histone acetyltransferase activity directed against histone H3 and H4 [, ]. It consists of two subcomplexes, a core subcomplex (ELP1-3), and an accessory subcomplex (ELP4-6) []. Human Elongator facilitates transcription by RNA polymerase II in a chromatin- and acetyl-CoA-dependent manner []. In yeast, the primary and probably only role of this complex is in formation of the 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl (mcm5) and 5-carbamoylmethyl (ncm5) side chains on uridines at wobble position in tRNA [, ].This entry represents the ELP4 subunit. Mammalian ELP4 gene is implicated in rolandic epilepsy []. | Short Name: | Elongator_complex_protein_4 |