Phosphorylation of serine 5 residue at the CTD of pol II largest subunit is an important step signaling the end of initiation and escape into processive elongation processes. Cdk7 protein subunit of TFIIH phosphorylates RNA Pol II CTD serine 5 residues on its heptad repeats (Buratowski 2009).
Buratowski, S
protein serine/threonine kinase activity of Pol II transcription complex containing extruded transcript to +30 [nucleoplasm]
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