Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
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This structure is called a cap.
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After transcription initiation, Pol II is paused 30 nucleotides downstream from the initiation site, recruits of the capping enzymes.
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Capping is done by a dimeric nuclear enzyme which has two subunits and three functions
1. Guanylyl-transferase (GT)
2. Methyltransferase (MT)