Defining the influence of the A12 subunit on transcription elongation and termination by rna polymerase I

we performed Native Elongating Transcript Sequencing (NET-seq) on an rpa12Δ strain of S. cerevisiae and evaluated the resultant change in Pol I occupancy throughout the 35S gene and the IGS. Compared to WT, we observed template sequence-specific changes in Pol I occupancy throughout the 35S gene. We also observed rpa12Δ Pol I occupancy downstream of both termination sites and throughout most of the IGS, including the 5S gene. Occupancy of rpa12Δ Pol I increased just upstream of the promoter proximal Reb1 binding site and dropped significantly after, implicating this site as a third terminator for Pol I transcription. Native Elongating Transcript Sequencing (NET-seq) was performed in triplicate on WT and rpa12Δ S. cerevisiae strains.