Protein Phosphatase PP1 Regulation of Pol II Phosphorylation is Linked to Transcription Termination and Allelic Exclusion of VSG Genes and TERRA in Trypanosomes.. Protein Phosphatase PP1 Regulation of Pol II Phosphorylation is Linked to Transcription Termination and Allelic Exclusion of VSG Genes and TERRA in Trypanosomes.

Base J is a modified DNA base that is enriched at RNA polymerase II termination sites. We previously found that base J functions to prevent readthrough transcription within gene clusters via the PJW/PP1 complex. Analysis of the complex in T. brucei faild to identify the catalytic PP1 component. We now show the RNAi ablation of PP1-1 in T. brucei leads to readthrough transcription and expression of downstream genes. Overall design: The role of PP1-1 in regulating transcription termination was investigated using RNAi ablation in T. brucei cell lines. We used 6 RNA seq libraries to determine gene expression changes following the loss of PP1-1. As a control we used 6 RNA seq libraries to determine changes following the loss of PP1-7.