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Hummel NFC, Markel K, Stefani J, Staller MV, Shih PM. Systematic identification of transcriptional activation domains from non-transcription factor proteins in plants and yeast. Cell Syst 2024; 15:662-672.e4. [PMID: 38866009 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2024.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
Abstract
Transcription factors can promote gene expression through activation domains. Whole-genome screens have systematically mapped activation domains in transcription factors but not in non-transcription factor proteins (e.g., chromatin regulators and coactivators). To fill this knowledge gap, we employed the activation domain predictor PADDLE to analyze the proteomes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We screened 18,000 predicted activation domains from >800 non-transcription factor genes in both species, confirming that 89% of candidate proteins contain active fragments. Our work enables the annotation of hundreds of nuclear proteins as putative coactivators, many of which have never been ascribed any function in plants. Analysis of peptide sequence compositions reveals how the distribution of key amino acids dictates activity. Finally, we validated short, "universal" activation domains with comparable performance to state-of-the-art activation domains used for genome engineering. Our approach enables the genome-wide discovery and annotation of activation domains that can function across diverse eukaryotes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Niklas F C Hummel
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA; Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA; Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Center for Computational Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 9415, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA; Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Nguyen MC, Rostamian H, Raman A, Wei P, Becht DC, Erbse AH, Klein BJ, Gilbert TM, Zhang G, Blanco MA, Strahl BD, Taverna SD, Kutateladze TG. Molecular insight into interactions between the Taf14, Yng1 and Sas3 subunits of the NuA3 complex. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5335. [PMID: 38914563 PMCID: PMC11196586 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49730-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
Abstract
The NuA3 complex is a major regulator of gene transcription and the cell cycle in yeast. Five core subunits are required for complex assembly and function, but it remains unclear how these subunits interact to form the complex. Here, we report that the Taf14 subunit of the NuA3 complex binds to two other subunits of the complex, Yng1 and Sas3, and describe the molecular mechanism by which the extra-terminal domain of Taf14 recognizes the conserved motif present in Yng1 and Sas3. Structural, biochemical, and mutational analyses show that two motifs are sandwiched between the two extra-terminal domains of Taf14. The head-to-toe dimeric complex enhances the DNA binding activity of Taf14, and the formation of the hetero-dimer involving the motifs of Yng1 and Sas3 is driven by sequence complementarity. In vivo assays in yeast demonstrate that the interactions of Taf14 with both Sas3 and Yng1 are required for proper function of the NuA3 complex in gene transcription and DNA repair. Our findings suggest a potential basis for the assembly of three core subunits of the NuA3 complex, Taf14, Yng1 and Sas3.
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- Minh Chau Nguyen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, 80206, USA
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Special Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80303, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, 80206, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72202, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Hummel NFC, Markel K, Stefani J, Staller MV, Shih PM. Systematic identification of transcriptional activator domains from non-transcription factor proteins in plants and yeast. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.12.557247. [PMID: 37745555 PMCID: PMC10515812 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.12.557247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Transcription factors promote gene expression via trans-regulatory activation domains. Although whole genome scale screens in model organisms (e.g. human, yeast, fly) have helped identify activation domains from transcription factors, such screens have been less extensively used to explore the occurrence of activation domains in non-transcription factor proteins, such as transcriptional coactivators, chromatin regulators and some cytosolic proteins, leaving a blind spot on what role activation domains in these proteins could play in regulating transcription. We utilized the activation domain predictor PADDLE to mine the entire proteomes of two model eukaryotes, Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae ( 1 ). We characterized 18,000 fragments covering predicted activation domains from >800 non-transcription factor genes in both species, and experimentally validated that 89% of proteins contained fragments capable of activating transcription in yeast. Peptides with similar sequence composition show a broad range of activities, which is explained by the arrangement of key amino acids. We also annotated hundreds of nuclear proteins with activation domains as putative coactivators; many of which have never been ascribed any function in plants. Furthermore, our library contains >250 non-nuclear proteins containing peptides with activation domain function across both eukaryotic lineages, suggesting that there are unknown biological roles of these peptides beyond transcription. Finally, we identify and validate short, 'universal' eukaryotic activation domains that activate transcription in both yeast and plants with comparable or stronger performance to state-of-the-art activation domains. Overall, our dual host screen provides a blueprint on how to systematically discover novel genetic parts for synthetic biology that function across a wide diversity of eukaryotes. Significance Statement Activation domains promote transcription and play a critical role in regulating gene expression. Although the mapping of activation domains from transcription factors has been carried out in previous genome-wide screens, their occurrence in non-transcription factors has been less explored. We utilize an activation domain predictor to mine the entire proteomes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae for new activation domains on non-transcription factor proteins. We validate peptides derived from >750 non-transcription factor proteins capable of activating transcription, discovering many potentially new coactivators in plants. Importantly, we identify novel genetic parts that can function across both species, representing unique synthetic biology tools.
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Nguyen MC, Wang D, Klein BJ, Chen Y, Kutateladze TG. Differences and similarities in recognition of co-factors by Taf14. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2023; 1866:194961. [PMID: 37482120 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2023.194961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Taf14 is a subunit of multiple fundamental complexes implicated in transcriptional regulation and DNA damage repair in yeast cells. Here, we investigate the association of Taf14 with the consensus sequence present in other subunits of these complexes and describe the mechanistic features that affect this association. We demonstrate that the precise molecular mechanisms and biological outcomes underlying the Taf14 interactions depend on the accessibility of binding interfaces, the ability to recognize other ligands, and a degree of sensitivity to temperature and chemical and osmotic stresses. Our findings aid in a better understanding of how the distribution of Taf14 among the complexes is mediated.
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- Minh Chau Nguyen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Han H, Lv F, Liu Z, Chen T, Xue T, Liang W, Liu M. BcTaf14 regulates growth and development, virulence, and stress responses in the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:849-865. [PMID: 37026690 PMCID: PMC10346378 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
TATA box-binding protein (TBP)-associated factor 14 (Taf14), a transcription-associated factor containing a conserved YEATS domain and an extra-terminal (ET) domain, is a multifunctional protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, the role of Taf14 in filamentous phytopathogenic fungi is not well understood. In this study, the homologue of ScTaf14 in Botrytis cinerea (named BcTaf14), a destructive phytopathogen causing grey mould, was investigated. The BcTaf14 deletion strain (ΔBcTaf14) showed pleiotropic defects, including slow growth, abnormal colony morphology, reduced conidiation, abnormal conidial morphology, reduced virulence, and altered responses to various stresses. The ΔBcTaf14 strain also exhibited differential expression of numerous genes compared to the wild-type strain. BcTaf14 could interact with the crotonylated H3K9 peptide, and mutation of two key sites (G80 and W81) in the YEATS domain disrupted this interaction. The mutation of G80 and W81 affected the regulatory effect of BcTaf14 on mycelial growth and virulence but did not affect the production and morphology of conidia. The absence of the ET domain at the C-terminus rendered BcTaf14 unable to localize to the nucleus, and the defects of ΔBcTaf14 were not recovered to wild-type levels when BcTaf14 without the ET domain was expressed. Our results provide insight into the regulatory roles of BcTaf14 and its two conserved domains in B. cinerea and will be helpful for understanding the function of the Taf14 protein in plant-pathogenic fungi.
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- Hongjia Han
- College of Plant Health and MedicineQingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao266109China
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- College of Plant Health and MedicineQingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao266109China
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- College of Plant Health and MedicineQingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao266109China
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- College of Plant Health and MedicineQingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao266109China
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- College of Plant Health and MedicineQingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao266109China
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- College of Plant Health and MedicineQingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao266109China
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- College of Plant Health and MedicineQingdao Agricultural UniversityQingdao266109China
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Saleh MM, Hundley HA, Zentner GE. Involvement of the SAGA and TFIID coactivator complexes in transcriptional dysregulation caused by the separation of core and tail Mediator modules. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2022; 12:jkac290. [PMID: 36331351 PMCID: PMC9713439 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
Abstract
Regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription requires the concerted efforts of several multisubunit coactivator complexes, which interact with the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex to stimulate transcription. We previously showed that separation of the Mediator core from Mediator's tail module results in modest overactivation of genes annotated as highly dependent on TFIID for expression. However, it is unclear if other coactivators are involved in this phenomenon. Here, we show that the overactivation of certain genes by Mediator core/tail separation is blunted by disruption of the Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase complex through the removal of its structural Spt20 subunit, though this downregulation does not appear to completely depend on reduced Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase association with the genome. Consistent with the enrichment of TFIID-dependent genes among genes overactivated by Mediator core/tail separation, depletion of the essential TFIID subunit Taf13 suppressed the overactivation of these genes when Med16 was simultaneously removed. As with Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase, this effect did not appear to be fully dependent on the reduced genomic association of TFIID. Given that the observed changes in gene expression could not be clearly linked to alterations in Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase or TFIID occupancy, our data may suggest that the Mediator core/tail connection is important for the modulation of Spt-Ada-Gcn5-Acetyl transferase and/or TFIID conformation and/or function at target genes.
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- Moustafa M Saleh
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Klein BJ, Feigerle JT, Zhang J, Ebmeier CC, Fan L, Singh RK, Wang WW, Schmitt LR, Lee T, Hansen KC, Liu WR, Wang YX, Strahl BD, Anthony Weil P, Kutateladze TG. Taf2 mediates DNA binding of Taf14. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3177. [PMID: 35676274 PMCID: PMC9177701 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30937-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The assembly and function of the yeast general transcription factor TFIID complex requires specific contacts between its Taf14 and Taf2 subunits, however, the mechanism underlying these contacts remains unclear. Here, we determined the molecular and structural basis by which the YEATS and ET domains of Taf14 bind to the C-terminal tail of Taf2 and identified a unique DNA-binding activity of the linker region connecting the two domains. We show that in the absence of ligands the linker region of Taf14 is occluded by the surrounding domains, and therefore the DNA binding function of Taf14 is autoinhibited. Binding of Taf2 promotes a conformational rearrangement in Taf14, resulting in a release of the linker for the engagement with DNA and the nucleosome. Genetic in vivo data indicate that the association of Taf14 with both Taf2 and DNA is essential for transcriptional regulation. Our findings provide a basis for deciphering the role of individual TFIID subunits in mediating gene transcription.
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- Brianna J Klein
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAXS Core Facility of the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, SAXS Core Facility of the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction Section, Structural Biophysics Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, 27102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Baig MS, Dou Y, Bergey BG, Bahar R, Burgener JM, Moallem M, McNeil JB, Akhter A, Burke GL, Sri Theivakadadcham VS, Richard P, D’Amours D, Rosonina E. Dynamic sumoylation of promoter-bound general transcription factors facilitates transcription by RNA polymerase II. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009828. [PMID: 34587155 PMCID: PMC8505008 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Transcription-related proteins are frequently identified as targets of sumoylation, including multiple subunits of the RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) general transcription factors (GTFs). However, it is not known how sumoylation affects GTFs or whether they are sumoylated when they assemble at promoters to facilitate RNAPII recruitment and transcription initiation. To explore how sumoylation can regulate transcription genome-wide, we performed SUMO ChIP-seq in yeast and found, in agreement with others, that most chromatin-associated sumoylated proteins are detected at genes encoding tRNAs and ribosomal proteins (RPGs). However, we also detected 147 robust SUMO peaks at promoters of non-ribosomal protein-coding genes (non-RPGs), indicating that sumoylation also regulates this gene class. Importantly, SUMO peaks at non-RPGs align specifically with binding sites of GTFs, but not other promoter-associated proteins, indicating that it is GTFs specifically that are sumoylated there. Predominantly, non-RPGs with SUMO peaks are among the most highly transcribed, have high levels of TFIIF, and show reduced RNAPII levels when cellular sumoylation is impaired, linking sumoylation with elevated transcription. However, detection of promoter-associated SUMO by ChIP might be limited to sites with high levels of substrate GTFs, and promoter-associated sumoylation at non-RPGs may actually be far more widespread than we detected. Among GTFs, we found that TFIIF is a major target of sumoylation, specifically at lysines 60/61 of its Tfg1 subunit, and elevating Tfg1 sumoylation resulted in decreased interaction of TFIIF with RNAPII. Interestingly, both reducing promoter-associated sumoylation, in a sumoylation-deficient Tfg1-K60/61R mutant strain, and elevating promoter-associated SUMO levels, by constitutively tethering SUMO to Tfg1, resulted in reduced RNAPII occupancy at non-RPGs. This implies that dynamic GTF sumoylation at non-RPG promoters, not simply the presence or absence of SUMO, is important for maintaining elevated transcription. Together, our findings reveal a novel mechanism of regulating the basal transcription machinery through sumoylation of promoter-bound GTFs. Six general transcription factors (GTFs) assemble at promoters of protein-coding genes to enable recruitment of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and facilitate transcription initiation, but little is known about how they are regulated once promoter-bound. Here, we demonstrate that, in budding yeast, some components of GTFs are post-translationally modified by the SUMO peptide specifically when they are assembled at promoters. We determined that the large subunit of TFIIF, Tgf1, is the major target of sumoylation among GTFs and that increasing Tfg1 sumoylation reduces the interaction of TFIIF with RNAPII. Consistent with this, we found that increasing levels of SUMO at promoters of some protein-coding genes, by permanently attaching SUMO to Tfg1, resulted in reduced RNAPII levels associated with those genes. On the other hand, reducing promoter-associated sumoylation, by mutating SUMO-modified residues on Tfg1, also reduced RNAPII occupancy levels. Explaining these apparently contradictory findings, we propose that dynamic sumoylation of promoter-bound GTFs, not merely the presence or absence of SUMO, is important for facilitating rearrangements of promoter-bound GTF components that enhance transcription. Together, our data reveal a novel level of regulating the basal transcription machinery through SUMO modification at promoters of protein-coding genes.
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- Mohammad S. Baig
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Stellate Therapeutics, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Kim JH, Yoon CY, Jun Y, Lee BB, Lee JE, Ha SD, Woo H, Choi A, Lee S, Jeong W, Kim JH, Kim T. NuA3 HAT antagonizes the Rpd3S and Rpd3L HDACs to optimize mRNA and lncRNA expression dynamics. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:10753-10767. [PMID: 33010166 PMCID: PMC7641726 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
In yeast, NuA3 histone acetyltransferase (NuA3 HAT) promotes acetylation of histone H3 lysine 14 (H3K14) and transcription of a subset of genes through interaction between the Yng1 plant homeodomain (PHD) finger and H3K4me3. Although NuA3 HAT has multiple chromatin binding modules with distinct specificities, their interdependence and combinatorial actions in chromatin binding and transcription remain unknown. Modified peptide pulldown assays reveal that the Yng1 N-terminal region is important for the integrity of NuA3 HAT by mediating the interaction between core subunits and two methyl-binding proteins, Yng1 and Pdp3. We further uncover that NuA3 HAT contributes to the regulation of mRNA and lncRNA expression dynamics by antagonizing the histone deacetylases (HDACs) Rpd3S and Rpd3L. The Yng1 N-terminal region, the Nto1 PHD finger and Pdp3 are important for optimal induction of mRNA and lncRNA transcription repressed by the Set2-Rpd3S HDAC pathway, whereas the Yng1 PHD finger–H3K4me3 interaction affects transcriptional repression memory regulated by Rpd3L HDAC. These findings suggest that NuA3 HAT uses distinct chromatin readers to compete with two Rpd3-containing HDACs to optimize mRNA and lncRNA expression dynamics.
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- Ji Hyun Kim
- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Ewha-JAX Cancer Immunotherapy Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Bio-Information Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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- Ewha-JAX Cancer Immunotherapy Research Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea.,Department of Bio-Information Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and the Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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Chen G, Wang D, Wu B, Yan F, Xue H, Wang Q, Quan S, Chen Y. Taf14 recognizes a common motif in transcriptional machineries and facilitates their clustering by phase separation. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4206. [PMID: 32826896 PMCID: PMC7442819 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18021-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae TBP associated factor 14 (Taf14) is a well-studied transcriptional regulator that controls diverse physiological processes and that physically interacts with at least seven nuclear complexes in yeast. Despite multiple previous Taf14 structural studies, the nature of its disparate transcriptional regulatory functions remains opaque. Here, we demonstrate that the extra-terminal (ET) domain of Taf14 (Taf14ET) recognizes a common motif in multiple transcriptional coactivator proteins from several nuclear complexes, including RSC, SWI/SNF, INO80, NuA3, TFIID, and TFIIF. Moreover, we show that such partner binding promotes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of Taf14ET, in a mechanism common to YEATS-associated ET domains (e.g., AF9ET) but not Bromo-associated ET domains from BET-family proteins. Thus, beyond identifying the molecular mechanism by which Taf14ET associates with many transcriptional regulators, our study suggests that Taf14 may function as a versatile nuclear hub that orchestrates transcriptional machineries to spatiotemporally regulate diverse cellular pathways. S. cerevisiae TBP associated factor 14 (Taf14) is a transcriptional regulator that interacts with multiple nuclear complexes. Here, the authors report that the extra-terminal domain of Taf14 (Taf14ET) recognizes a common motif in various transcriptional coactivator proteins and they solve the NMR structure of Taf14ET bound the ET-binding motif of Sth1, the catalytic subunit of the RSC (Remodel the Structure of Chromatin) complex, and furthermore show that Taf14ET undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation, which is enhanced by Taf14 interaction partners.
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- Guochao Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China. .,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
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Bae NS, Seberg AP, Carroll LP, Swanson MJ. Identification of Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that Are Haploinsufficient for Overcoming Amino Acid Starvation. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2017; 7:1061-1084. [PMID: 28209762 PMCID: PMC5386856 DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.037416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae responds to amino acid deprivation by activating a pathway conserved in eukaryotes to overcome the starvation stress. We have screened the entire yeast heterozygous deletion collection to identify strains haploinsufficient for growth in the presence of sulfometuron methyl, which causes starvation for isoleucine and valine. We have discovered that cells devoid of MET15 are sensitive to sulfometuron methyl, and loss of heterozygosity at the MET15 locus can complicate screening the heterozygous deletion collection. We identified 138 cases of loss of heterozygosity in this screen. After eliminating the issues of the MET15 loss of heterozygosity, strains isolated from the collection were retested on sulfometuron methyl. To determine the general effect of the mutations for a starvation response, SMM-sensitive strains were tested for the ability to grow in the presence of canavanine, which induces arginine starvation, and strains that were MET15 were also tested for growth in the presence of ethionine, which causes methionine starvation. Many of the genes identified in our study were not previously identified as starvation-responsive genes, including a number of essential genes that are not easily screened in a systematic way. The genes identified span a broad range of biological functions, including many involved in some level of gene expression. Several unnamed proteins have also been identified, giving a clue as to possible functions of the encoded proteins.
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- Nancy S Bae
- Department of Biochemistry, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona 85308
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4295
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- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia 31207
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- Department of Biochemistry, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona 85308
- Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia 31207
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Nemet J, Vidan N, Sopta M. A meta-analysis reveals complex regulatory properties at Taf14-repressed genes. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:175. [PMID: 28209126 PMCID: PMC5312515 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3544-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Regulation of gene transcription in response to stress is central to a cell's ability to cope with environmental challenges. Taf14 is a YEATS domain protein in S.cerevisiae that physically associates with several transcriptionally relevant multisubunit complexes including the general transcription factors TFIID and TFIIF and the chromatin-modifying complexes SWI/SNF, INO80, RSC and NuA3. TAF14 deletion strains are sensitive to a variety of stresses suggesting that it plays a role in the transcriptional stress response. RESULTS In this report we survey published genome-wide transcriptome and occupancy data to define regulatory properties associated with Taf14-dependent genes. Our transcriptome analysis reveals that stress related, TATA-containing and SAGA-dependent genes were much more affected by TAF14 deletion than were TFIID-dependent genes. Comparison of Taf14 and multiple transcription factor occupancy at promoters genome-wide identified a group of proteins whose occupancy correlates with that of Taf14 and whose proximity to Taf14 suggests functional interactions. We show that Taf14-repressed genes tend to be extensively regulated, positively by SAGA complex and the stress dependent activators, Msn2/4 and negatively by a wide number of repressors that act upon promoter chromatin and TBP. CONCLUSIONS Taken together our analyses suggest a novel role for Taf14 in repression and derepression of stress induced genes, most probably as part of a regulatory network which includes Cyc8-Tup1, Srb10 and histone modifying enzymes.
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- Josipa Nemet
- Department of molecular biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of molecular biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of molecular biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Babiychuk E, Hoang KT, Vandepoele K, Van De Slijke E, Geelen D, De Jaeger G, Obokata J, Kushnir S. The mutation nrpb1-A325V in the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II suppresses compromised growth of Arabidopsis plants deficient in a function of the general transcription factor IIF. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 89:730-745. [PMID: 27862530 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The evolutionarily conserved 12-subunit RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is a central catalytic component that drives RNA synthesis during the transcription cycle that consists of transcription initiation, elongation, and termination. A diverse set of general transcription factors, including a multifunctional TFIIF, govern Pol II selectivity, kinetic properties, and transcription coupling with posttranscriptional processes. Here, we show that TFIIF of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) resembles the metazoan complex that is composed of the TFIIFα and TFIIFβ polypeptides. Arabidopsis has two TFIIFβ subunits, of which TFIIFβ1/MAN1 is essential and TFIIFβ2/MAN2 is not. In the partial loss-of-function mutant allele man1-1, the winged helix domain of Arabidopsis TFIIFβ1/MAN1 was dispensable for plant viability, whereas the cellular organization of the shoot and root apical meristems were abnormal. Forward genetic screening identified an epistatic interaction between the largest Pol II subunit nrpb1-A325V variant and the man1-1 mutation. The suppression of the man1-1 mutant developmental defects by a mutation in Pol II suggests a link between TFIIF functions in Arabidopsis transcription cycle and the maintenance of cellular organization in the shoot and root apical meristems.
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- Elena Babiychuk
- Vale Institute of Technology Sustainable Development, 66055-090, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Can Tho Technical Economic College, Can Tho, Vietnam
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, 606-8522, Japan
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- Vale Institute of Technology Sustainable Development, 66055-090, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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Feigerle JT, Weil PA. The C Terminus of the RNA Polymerase II Transcription Factor IID (TFIID) Subunit Taf2 Mediates Stable Association of Subunit Taf14 into the Yeast TFIID Complex. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:22721-22740. [PMID: 27587401 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.751107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The evolutionarily conserved RNA polymerase II transcription factor D (TFIID) complex is composed of TATA box-binding protein (TBP) and 13 TBP-associated factors (Tafs). The mechanisms by which many Taf subunits contribute to the essential function of TFIID are only poorly understood. To address this gap in knowledge, we present the results of a molecular genetic dissection of the TFIID subunit Taf2. Through systematic site-directed mutagenesis, we have discovered 12 taf2 temperature-sensitive (ts) alleles. Two of these alleles display growth defects that can be strongly suppressed by overexpression of the yeast-specific TFIID subunit TAF14 but not by overexpression of any other TFIID subunit. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Taf14 is also a constituent of six other transcription-related complexes, making interpretation of its role in each of these complexes difficult. Although Taf14 is not conserved as a TFIID subunit in metazoans, it is conserved through its chromatin-binding YEATS domain. Based on the Taf2-Taf14 genetic interaction, we demonstrate that Taf2 and Taf14 directly interact and mapped the Taf2-Taf14 interaction domains. We used this information to identify a Taf2 separation-of-function variant (Taf2-ΔC). Although Taf2-ΔC no longer interacts with Taf14 in vivo or in vitro, it stably incorporates into the TFIID complex. In addition, purified Taf2-ΔC mutant TFIID is devoid of Taf14, making this variant a powerful reagent for determining the role of Taf14 in TFIID function. Furthermore, we characterized the mechanism through which Taf14 suppresses taf2ts alleles, shedding light on how Taf2-Taf14 interaction contributes to TFIID complex organization and identifying a potential role for Taf14 in mediating TFIID-chromatin interactions.
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- Jordan T Feigerle
- From the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615
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- From the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615
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Knutson BA, Smith ML, Walker-Kopp N, Xu X. Super elongation complex contains a TFIIF-related subcomplex. Transcription 2016; 7:133-40. [PMID: 27223670 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2016.1194027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Super elongation complex (SEC) belongs to a family of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) elongation factors that has similar properties as TFIIF, a general transcription factor that increases the transcription elongation rate by reducing pausing. Although SEC has TFIIF-like functional properties, it apparently lacks sequence and structural homology. Using HHpred, we find that SEC contains an evolutionarily related TFIIF-like subcomplex. We show that the SEC subunit ELL interacts with the Pol II Rbp2 subunit, as expected for a TFIIF-like factor. These findings suggest a new model for how SEC functions as a Pol II elongation factor and how it suppresses Pol II pausing.
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- Bruce A Knutson
- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , SUNY Upstate Medical University , Syracuse , NY , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , SUNY Upstate Medical University , Syracuse , NY , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , SUNY Upstate Medical University , Syracuse , NY , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , SUNY Upstate Medical University , Syracuse , NY , USA
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Shanle EK, Andrews FH, Meriesh H, McDaniel SL, Dronamraju R, DiFiore JV, Jha D, Wozniak GG, Bridgers JB, Kerschner JL, Krajewski K, Martín GM, Morrison AJ, Kutateladze TG, Strahl BD. Association of Taf14 with acetylated histone H3 directs gene transcription and the DNA damage response. Genes Dev 2015; 29:1795-800. [PMID: 26341557 PMCID: PMC4573853 DOI: 10.1101/gad.269977.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The YEATS domain, found in a number of chromatin-associated proteins, has recently been shown to have the capacity to bind histone lysine acetylation. Here, we show that the YEATS domain of Taf14, a member of key transcriptional and chromatin-modifying complexes in yeast, is a selective reader of histone H3 Lys9 acetylation (H3K9ac). Structural analysis reveals that acetylated Lys9 is sandwiched in an aromatic cage formed by F62 and W81. Disruption of this binding in cells impairs gene transcription and the DNA damage response. Our findings establish a highly conserved acetyllysine reader function for the YEATS domain protein family and highlight the significance of this interaction for Taf14.
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- Erin K Shanle
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA; Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 USA
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Transcription of eukaryotic protein-coding genes commences with the assembly of a conserved initiation complex, which consists of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and the general transcription factors, at promoter DNA. After two decades of research, the structural basis of transcription initiation is emerging. Crystal structures of many components of the initiation complex have been resolved, and structural information on Pol II complexes with general transcription factors has recently been obtained. Although mechanistic details await elucidation, available data outline how Pol II cooperates with the general transcription factors to bind to and open promoter DNA, and how Pol II directs RNA synthesis and escapes from the promoter.
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Relationships of RNA polymerase II genetic interactors to transcription start site usage defects and growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2014; 5:21-33. [PMID: 25380729 PMCID: PMC4291466 DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.015180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Transcription initiation by RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) is an essential step in gene expression and regulation in all organisms. Initiation requires a great number of factors, and defects in this process can be apparent in the form of altered transcription start site (TSS) selection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker's yeast). It has been shown previously that TSS selection in S. cerevisiae is altered in Pol II catalytic mutants defective in a conserved active site feature known as the trigger loop. Pol II trigger loop mutants show growth phenotypes in vivo that correlate with biochemical defects in vitro and exhibit wide-ranging genetic interactions. We assessed how Pol II mutant growth phenotypes and TSS selection in vivo are modified by Pol II genetic interactors to estimate the relationship between altered TSS selection in vivo and organismal fitness of Pol II mutants. We examined whether the magnitude of TSS selection defects could be correlated with Pol II mutant-transcription factor double mutant phenotypes. We observed broad genetic interactions among Pol II trigger loop mutants and General Transcription Factor (GTF) alleles, with reduced-activity Pol II mutants especially sensitive to defects in TFIIB. However, Pol II mutant growth defects could be uncoupled from TSS selection defects in some Pol II allele-GTF allele double mutants, whereas a number of other Pol II genetic interactors did not influence ADH1 start site selection alone or in combination with Pol II mutants. Initiation defects are likely only partially responsible for Pol II allele growth phenotypes, with some Pol II genetic interactors able to exacerbate Pol II mutant growth defects while leaving initiation at a model TSS selection promoter unaffected.
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Taylor NMI, Baudin F, von Scheven G, Müller CW. RNA polymerase III-specific general transcription factor IIIC contains a heterodimer resembling TFIIF Rap30/Rap74. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:9183-96. [PMID: 23921640 PMCID: PMC3799434 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Transcription of tRNA-encoding genes by RNA polymerase (Pol) III requires the six-subunit general transcription factor IIIC that uses subcomplexes τA and τB to recognize two gene-internal promoter elements named A- and B-box. The Schizosaccharomyces pombe τA subcomplex comprises subunits Sfc1, Sfc4 and Sfc7. The crystal structure of the Sfc1/Sfc7 heterodimer reveals similar domains and overall domain architecture to the Pol II-specific general transcription factor TFIIF Rap30/Rap74. The N-terminal Sfc1/Sfc7 dimerization module consists of a triple β-barrel similar to the N-terminal TFIIF Rap30/Rap74 dimerization module, whereas the C-terminal Sfc1 DNA-binding domain contains a winged-helix domain most similar to the TFIIF Rap30 C-terminal winged-helix domain. Sfc1 DNA-binding domain recognizes single and double-stranded DNA by an unknown mechanism. Several features observed for A-box recognition by τA resemble the recognition of promoters by bacterial RNA polymerase, where σ factor unfolds double-stranded DNA and stabilizes the non-coding DNA strand in an open conformation. Such a function has also been proposed for TFIIF, suggesting that the observed structural similarity between Sfc1/Sfc7 and TFIIF Rap30/Rap74 might also reflect similar functions.
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- Nicholas M I Taylor
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany and UJF-EMBL-CNRS UMI 3265, Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Regulation of mammalian transcription by Gdown1 through a novel steric crosstalk revealed by cryo-EM. EMBO J 2012; 31:3575-87. [PMID: 22850672 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In mammals, a distinct RNA polymerase II form, RNAPII(G) contains a novel subunit Gdown1 (encoded by POLR2M), which represses gene activation, only to be reversed by the multisubunit Mediator co-activator. Here, we employed single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to disclose the architectures of RNAPII(G), RNAPII and RNAPII in complex with the transcription initiation factor TFIIF, all to ~19 Å. Difference analysis mapped Gdown1 mostly to the RNAPII Rpb5 shelf-Rpb1 jaw, supported by antibody labelling experiments. These structural features correlate with the moderate increase in the efficiency of RNA chain elongation by RNAP II(G). In addition, our updated RNAPII-TFIIF map showed that TFIIF tethers multiple regions surrounding the DNA-binding cleft, in agreement with cross-linking and biochemical mapping. Gdown1's binding sites overlap extensively with those of TFIIF, with Gdown1 sterically excluding TFIIF from RNAPII, herein demonstrated by competition assays using size exclusion chromatography. In summary, our work establishes a structural basis for Gdown1 impeding initiation at promoters, by obstruction of TFIIF, accounting for an additional dependent role of Mediator in activated transcription.
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Transcriptional regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: transcription factor regulation and function, mechanisms of initiation, and roles of activators and coactivators. Genetics 2012; 189:705-36. [PMID: 22084422 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.127019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Here we review recent advances in understanding the regulation of mRNA synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Many fundamental gene regulatory mechanisms have been conserved in all eukaryotes, and budding yeast has been at the forefront in the discovery and dissection of these conserved mechanisms. Topics covered include upstream activation sequence and promoter structure, transcription factor classification, and examples of regulated transcription factor activity. We also examine advances in understanding the RNA polymerase II transcription machinery, conserved coactivator complexes, transcription activation domains, and the cooperation of these factors in gene regulatory mechanisms.
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Kilpatrick AM, Koharudin LMI, Calero GA, Gronenborn AM. Structural and binding studies of the C-terminal domains of yeast TFIIF subunits Tfg1 and Tfg2. Proteins 2011; 80:519-29. [PMID: 22095626 DOI: 10.1002/prot.23217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The general transcription factor TFIIF plays essential roles at several steps during eukaryotic transcription. While several studies have offered insights into the structure/function relationship in human TFIIF, much less is known about the yeast system. Here, we describe the first NMR structural and binding studies of the C-terminal domains (CTDs) of Tfg1 and Tfg2 subunits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIIF. We used the program CS-ROSETTA to determine the three-dimensional folds of these domains in solution, and performed binding studies with DNA and protein targets. CS-ROSETTA models indicate that the Tfg1 and Tfg2 C-terminal domains have winged-helix architectures, similar to the human homologs. We showed that both Tfg1 and Tfg2 CTDs interact with double-stranded DNA oligonucleotides, and mapped the DNA binding interfaces using solution NMR. Tfg1-CTD, but not Tfg2-CTD, also binds to yeast FCP1, an RNA polymerase II-specific phosphatase, and we delineated the interaction surface with the CTD of FCP1. Our results provide insights into the structural basis of yeast TFIIF function and the differential roles of Tfg1 and Tfg2 subunits during transcription.
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- Adina M Kilpatrick
- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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Solution structure of the Taf14 YEATS domain and its roles in cell growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem J 2011; 436:83-90. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20110004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chromatin modifications play important roles in cellular biological process. A novel conserved domain family, YEATS, has been discovered in a variety of eukaryotic species ranging from yeasts to humans. Taf14, which is involved in a few protein complexes of chromatin remodelling and gene transcription, and is essential for keeping chromosome stability, regular cell growth and transcriptional regulation, contains a YEATS domain at its N-terminus. In the present study, we determined the solution structure of the Taf14 YEATS domain using NMR spectroscopy. The Taf14 YEATS domain adopts a global fold of an elongated β-sandwich, similar to the Yaf9 YEATS domain. However, the Taf14 YEATS domain differs significantly from the Yaf9 YEATS domain in some aspects, which might indicate different structural classes of the YEATS domain family. Functional studies indicate that the YEATS domain is critical for the function of Taf14 in inhibiting cell growth under stress conditions. In addition, our results show that the C-terminus of Taf14 is responsible for its interaction with Sth1, which is an essential component of the RSC complex. Taken together, this implies that Taf14 is involved in transcriptional activation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the YEATS domain of Taf14 might play a negative role in cell growth.
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Transcriptomic insights into the physiology of Aspergillus niger approaching a specific growth rate of zero. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:5344-55. [PMID: 20562270 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00450-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The physiology of filamentous fungi at growth rates approaching zero has been subject to limited study and exploitation. With the aim of uncoupling product formation from growth, we have revisited and improved the retentostat cultivation method for Aspergillus niger. A new retention device was designed allowing reliable and nearly complete cell retention even at high flow rates. Transcriptomic analysis was used to explore the potential for product formation at very low specific growth rates. The carbon- and energy-limited retentostat cultures were highly reproducible. While the specific growth rate approached zero (<0.005 h(-1)), the growth yield stabilized at a minimum (0.20 g of dry weight per g of maltose). The severe limitation led to asexual differentiation, and the supplied substrate was used for spore formation and secondary metabolism. Three physiologically distinct phases of the retentostat cultures were subjected to genome-wide transcriptomic analysis. The severe substrate limitation and sporulation were clearly reflected in the transcriptome. The transition from vegetative to reproductive growth was characterized by downregulation of genes encoding secreted substrate hydrolases and cell cycle genes and upregulation of many genes encoding secreted small cysteine-rich proteins and secondary metabolism genes. Transcription of known secretory pathway genes suggests that A. niger becomes adapted to secretion of small cysteine-rich proteins. The perspective is that A. niger cultures as they approach a zero growth rate can be used as a cell factory for production of secondary metabolites and cysteine-rich proteins. We propose that the improved retentostat method can be used in fundamental studies of differentiation and is applicable to filamentous fungi in general.
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Kerins JA, Hanazawa M, Dorsett M, Schedl T. PRP-17 and the pre-mRNA splicing pathway are preferentially required for the proliferation versus meiotic development decision and germline sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev Dyn 2010; 239:1555-72. [PMID: 20419786 PMCID: PMC3097115 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In C. elegans, the decision between germline stem cell proliferation and entry into meiosis is controlled by GLP-1 Notch signaling, which promotes proliferation through repression of the redundant GLD-1 and GLD-2 pathways that direct meiotic entry. We identify prp-17 as another gene functioning downstream of GLP-1 signaling that promotes meiotic entry, largely by acting on the GLD-1 pathway, and that also functions in female germline sex determination. PRP-17 is orthologous to the yeast and human pre-mRNA splicing factor PRP17/CDC40 and can rescue the temperature-sensitive lethality of yeast PRP17. This link to splicing led to an RNAi screen of predicted C. elegans splicing factors in sensitized genetic backgrounds. We found that many genes throughout the splicing cascade function in the proliferation/meiotic entry decision and germline sex determination indicating that splicing per se, rather than a novel function of a subset of splicing factors, is necessary for these processes.
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Schulze JM, Kane CM, Ruiz-Manzano A. The YEATS domain of Taf14 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae has a negative impact on cell growth. Mol Genet Genomics 2010; 283:365-80. [PMID: 20179968 PMCID: PMC2839515 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-010-0523-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2009] [Accepted: 01/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The role of a highly conserved YEATS protein motif is explored in the context of the Taf14 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In S. cerevisiae, Taf14 is a protein physically associated with many critical multisubunit complexes including the general transcription factors TFIID and TFIIF, the chromatin remodeling complexes SWI/SNF, Ino80 and RSC, Mediator and the histone modification enzyme NuA3. Taf14 is a member of the YEATS superfamily, conserved from bacteria to eukaryotes and thought to have a transcription stimulatory activity. However, besides its ubiquitous presence and its links with transcription, little is known about Taf14’s role in the nucleus. We use structure–function and mutational analysis to study the function of Taf14 and its well conserved N-terminal YEATS domain. We show here that the YEATS domain is not necessary for Taf14’s association with these transcription and chromatin remodeling complexes, and that its presence in these complexes is dependent only on its C-terminal domain. Our results also indicate that Taf14’s YEATS domain is not necessary for complementing the synthetic lethality between TAF14 and the general transcription factor TFIIS (encoded by DST1). Furthermore, we present evidence that the YEATS domain of Taf14 has a negative impact on cell growth: its absence enables cells to grow better than wild-type cells under stress conditions, like the microtubule destabilizing drug benomyl. Moreover, cells expressing solely the YEATS domain grow worser than cells expressing any other Taf14 construct tested, including the deletion mutant. Thus, this highly conserved domain should be considered part of a negative regulatory loop in cell growth.
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- Julia M Schulze
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3202, USA
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Chen ZA, Jawhari A, Fischer L, Buchen C, Tahir S, Kamenski T, Rasmussen M, Lariviere L, Bukowski-Wills JC, Nilges M, Cramer P, Rappsilber J. Architecture of the RNA polymerase II-TFIIF complex revealed by cross-linking and mass spectrometry. EMBO J 2010; 29:717-26. [PMID: 20094031 PMCID: PMC2810376 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 12/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Higher-order multi-protein complexes such as RNA polymerase II (Pol II) complexes with transcription initiation factors are often not amenable to X-ray structure determination. Here, we show that protein cross-linking coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) has now sufficiently advanced as a tool to extend the Pol II structure to a 15-subunit, 670 kDa complex of Pol II with the initiation factor TFIIF at peptide resolution. The N-terminal regions of TFIIF subunits Tfg1 and Tfg2 form a dimerization domain that binds the Pol II lobe on the Rpb2 side of the active centre cleft near downstream DNA. The C-terminal winged helix (WH) domains of Tfg1 and Tfg2 are mobile, but the Tfg2 WH domain can reside at the Pol II protrusion near the predicted path of upstream DNA in the initiation complex. The linkers between the dimerization domain and the WH domains in Tfg1 and Tfg2 are located to the jaws and protrusion, respectively. The results suggest how TFIIF suppresses non-specific DNA binding and how it helps to recruit promoter DNA and to set the transcription start site. This work establishes cross-linking/MS as an integrated structure analysis tool for large multi-protein complexes.
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- Zhuo Angel Chen
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Eichner J, Chen HT, Warfield L, Hahn S. Position of the general transcription factor TFIIF within the RNA polymerase II transcription preinitiation complex. EMBO J 2009; 29:706-16. [PMID: 20033062 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2009] [Accepted: 12/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The RNA polymerase (pol) II general transcription factor TFIIF functions at several steps in transcription initiation including preinitiation complex (PIC) formation and start site selection. We find that two structured TFIIF domains bind Pol II at separate locations far from the active site with the TFIIF dimerization domain on the Pol II lobe and the winged helix domain of the TFIIF small subunit Tfg2 above the Pol II protrusion where it may interact with upstream promoter DNA. Binding of the winged helix to the protrusion is PIC specific. Anchoring of these two structured TFIIF domains at separate sites locates an essential and unstructured region of Tfg2 near the Pol II active site cleft where it may interact with flexible regions of Pol II and the general factor TFIIB to promote initiation and start site selection. Consistent with this mechanism, mutations far from the enzyme active site, which alter the binding of either structured TFIIF domains to Pol II, have similar defects in transcription start site usage.
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- Jesse Eichner
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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Fission yeast Iec1-ino80-mediated nucleosome eviction regulates nucleotide and phosphate metabolism. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 30:657-74. [PMID: 19933844 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01117-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Ino80 is an ATP-dependent nucleosome-remodeling enzyme involved in transcription, replication, and the DNA damage response. Here, we characterize the fission yeast Ino80 and find that it is essential for cell viability. We show that the Ino80 complex from fission yeast mediates ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling in vitro. The purification of the Ino80-associated complex identified a highly conserved complex and the presence of a novel zinc finger protein with similarities to the mammalian transcriptional regulator Yin Yang 1 (YY1) and other members of the GLI-Krüppel family of proteins. Deletion of this Iec1 protein or the Ino80 complex subunit arp8, ies6, or ies2 causes defects in DNA damage repair, the response to replication stress, and nucleotide metabolism. We show that Iec1 is important for the correct expression of genes involved in nucleotide metabolism, including the ribonucleotide reductase subunit cdc22 and phosphate- and adenine-responsive genes. We find that Ino80 is recruited to a large number of promoter regions on phosphate starvation, including those of phosphate- and adenine-responsive genes that depend on Iec1 for correct expression. Iec1 is required for the binding of Ino80 to target genes and subsequent histone loss at the promoter and throughout the body of these genes on phosphate starvation. This suggests that the Iec1-Ino80 complex promotes transcription through nucleosome eviction.
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Yang C, Khaperskyy DA, Hou M, Ponticelli AS. Improved methods for expression and purification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIIF and TFIIH; identification of a functional Escherichia coli promoter and internal translation initiation within the N-terminal coding region of the TFIIF TFG1 subunit. Protein Expr Purif 2009; 70:172-8. [PMID: 19818408 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Revised: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The basal RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription machinery is composed of RNAPII and the general transcription factors (TF) TATA binding protein (TBP), TFIIB, TFIIE, TFIIF and TFIIH. Due to the powerful genetic and molecular approaches that can be utilized, the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has proven to be an invaluable model system for studies of the mechanisms of RNAPII transcription. Complementary biochemical studies of the S. cerevisiae basal transcription machinery, however, have been hampered by difficulties in the purification of TFIIF and TFIIH, most notably due to the severe toxicity of the TFIIF Tfg1 subunit in Escherichia coli and the complexity of the purification scheme for native TFIIH. Here, we report the elimination of TFG1-associated toxicity in E. coli, the identification and removal of a functional E. coli promoter and internal translation initiation within the N-terminal coding region of TFG1, and the efficient production and two-step purification of recombinant TFIIF complexes. We also report conditions for the efficient two-step tandem affinity purification (TAP) of holo-TFIIH, core TFIIH and TFIIK complexes from yeast whole cell extracts.
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- Chen Yang
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA
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Süel KE, Chook YM. Kap104p imports the PY-NLS-containing transcription factor Tfg2p into the nucleus. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:15416-24. [PMID: 19366694 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m809384200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A previous bioinformatics study identified a putative PY-NLS in the yeast transcription factor Tfg2p (Suel, K. E., Gu, H., and Chook, Y. M. (2008) PLoS Biol. 6, e137). In this study, we validate Tfg2p as a Kap104p substrate and examine the energetic organization of its PY-NLS. The Tfg2p PY-NLS can target a heterologous protein into the cell nucleus through interactions with Kap104p. Surprisingly, full-length Tfg2p is still localized to the nucleus of Kap104p temperature-sensitive cells and, similarly, Tfg2p with a mutated PY-NLS is nuclear in wild-type cells. Other Karyopherinbetas (Kapbetas) such as Kap108p and Kap120p also bind Tfg2p and may import it into the nucleus. More importantly, we demonstrate that Tfg2p is retained in the nucleus through DNA binding. Mutations of DNA binding residues relieve nuclear retention and unmask the role of Kap104p in Tfg2p nuclear import. More generally, steady-state localization of a nuclear protein is dictated by its nuclear import and export activities as well as its interactions in the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
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- Katherine E Süel
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Del Mondo G, Eveillard D, Rusu I. Homogeneous decomposition of protein interaction networks: refining the description of intra-modular interactions. Bioinformatics 2009; 25:926-32. [DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Schulze JM, Wang AY, Kobor MS. YEATS domain proteins: a diverse family with many links to chromatin modification and transcriptionThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled CSBMCB’s 51st Annual Meeting – Epigenetics and Chromatin Dynamics, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process. Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 87:65-75. [DOI: 10.1139/o08-111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chromatin modifications play crucial roles in various biological processes. An increasing number of conserved protein domains, often found in multisubunit protein complexes, are involved in establishing and recognizing different chromatin modifications. The YEATS domain is one of these domains, and its role in chromatin modifications and transcription is just beginning to be appreciated. The YEATS domain family of proteins, conserved from yeast to human, contains over 100 members in more than 70 eukaryotic species. Yaf9, Taf14, and Sas5 are the only YEATS domain proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Human YEATS domain family members, such as GAS41, ENL, and AF9, have a strong link to cancer. GAS41 is amplified in glioblastomas and astrocytomas; ENL and AF9 are among the most frequent translocation partners of the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene. This review will focus on the best characterized YEATS proteins, discuss their diverse roles, and reflect potential functions of the YEATS domain.
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- Julia M. Schulze
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
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Erlich RL, Fry RC, Begley TJ, Daee DL, Lahue RS, Samson LD. Anc1, a protein associated with multiple transcription complexes, is involved in postreplication repair pathway in S. cerevisiae. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3717. [PMID: 19005567 PMCID: PMC2579579 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Yeast strains lacking Anc1, a member of the YEATS protein family, are sensitive to several DNA damaging agents. The YEATS family includes two human genes that are common fusion partners with MLL in human acute leukemias. Anc1 is a member of seven multi-protein complexes involved in transcription, and the damage sensitivity observed in anc1Δ cells is mirrored in strains deleted for some other non-essential members of several of these complexes. Here we show that ANC1 is in the same epistasis group as SRS2 and RAD5, members of the postreplication repair (PRR) pathway, but has additive or synergistic interactions with several other members of this pathway. Although PRR is traditionally divided into an “error-prone” and an “error-free” branch, ANC1 is not epistatic with all members of either established branch, and instead defines a new error-free branch of the PRR pathway. Like several genes involved in PRR, an intact ANC1 gene significantly suppresses spontaneous mutation rates, including the expansion of (CAG)25 repeats. Anc1's role in the PRR pathway, as well as its role in suppressing triplet repeats, point to a possible mechanism for a protein of potential medical interest.
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- Rachel L. Erlich
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rosende SS, Becerra M, Salgado M, Lamas-Maceiras M, González M, Picos MF. Growth phase-dependent expression of Kluyveromyces lactis genes and involvement of 3′-UTR elements. Process Biochem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Transcriptional regulators of seven yeast species: Comparative genome analysis — Review. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2008; 53:275-87. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-008-0044-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Functions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIIF during transcription start site utilization. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:3757-66. [PMID: 18362165 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02272-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that substitutions in the Tfg1 or Tfg2 subunits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcription factor IIF (TFIIF) can cause upstream shifts in start site utilization, resulting in initiation patterns that more closely resemble those of higher eukaryotes. In this study, we report the results from multiple biochemical assays analyzing the activities of wild-type yeast TFIIF and the TFIIF Tfg1 mutant containing the E346A substitution (Tfg1-E346A). We demonstrate that TFIIF stimulates formation of the first two phosphodiester bonds and dramatically stabilizes a short RNA-DNA hybrid in the RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) active center and, importantly, that the Tfg1-E346A substitution coordinately enhances early bond formation and the processivity of early elongation in vitro. These results are discussed within a proposed model for the role of yeast TFIIF in modulating conformational changes in the RNAPII active center during initiation and early elongation.
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Sadhale P, Verma J, Naorem A. Basal transcription machinery: role in regulation of stress response in eukaryotes. J Biosci 2007; 32:569-78. [PMID: 17536176 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0056-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The holoenzyme of prokaryotic RNA polymerase consists of the core enzyme, made of two alpha, beta, beta' and omega subunits, which lacks promoter selectivity and a sigma (sigma) subunit which enables the core enzyme to initiate transcription in a promoter dependent fashion. A stress sigma factor sigma(s), in prokaryotes seems to regulate several stress response genes in conjunction with other stress specific regulators. Since the basic principles of transcription are conserved from simple bacteria to multicellular complex organisms, an obvious question is: what is the identity of a counterpart of sigma(s), that is closest to the core polymerase and that dictates transcription of stress regulated genes in general? In this review, we discuss the logic behind the suggestion that like in prokaryotes,eukaryotes also have a common functional unit in the transcription machinery through which the stress specific transcription factors regulate rapid and highly controlled induction of gene expression associated with generalized stress response and point to some candidates that would fit the bill of the eukaryotic sigma(s).
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- Parag Sadhale
- Department of Microbiology and Cell biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India.
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes contain ATPases of the Swi/Snf superfamily and alter DNA accessibility of chromatin in an ATP-dependent manner. Recently characterized INO80 and SWR1 complexes belong to a subfamily of these chromatin remodelers and are characterized by a split ATPase domain in the core ATPase subunit and the presence of Rvb proteins. INO80 and SWR1 complexes are evolutionarily conserved from yeast to human and have been implicated in transcription regulation, as well as DNA repair. The individual components, assembly patterns, and molecular mechanisms of the INO80 class of chromatin remodeling complexes are discussed in this review.
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- Yunhe Bao
- Department of Carcinogenesis, Science Park Research Division, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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- Department of Carcinogenesis, Science Park Research Division, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957
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In eukaryotes, the core promoter serves as a platform for the assembly of transcription preinitiation complex (PIC) that includes TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, TFIIH, and RNA polymerase II (pol II), which function collectively to specify the transcription start site. PIC formation usually begins with TFIID binding to the TATA box, initiator, and/or downstream promoter element (DPE) found in most core promoters, followed by the entry of other general transcription factors (GTFs) and pol II through either a sequential assembly or a preassembled pol II holoenzyme pathway. Formation of this promoter-bound complex is sufficient for a basal level of transcription. However, for activator-dependent (or regulated) transcription, general cofactors are often required to transmit regulatory signals between gene-specific activators and the general transcription machinery. Three classes of general cofactors, including TBP-associated factors (TAFs), Mediator, and upstream stimulatory activity (USA)-derived positive cofactors (PC1/PARP-1, PC2, PC3/DNA topoisomerase I, and PC4) and negative cofactor 1 (NC1/HMGB1), normally function independently or in combination to fine-tune the promoter activity in a gene-specific or cell-type-specific manner. In addition, other cofactors, such as TAF1, BTAF1, and negative cofactor 2 (NC2), can also modulate TBP or TFIID binding to the core promoter. In general, these cofactors are capable of repressing basal transcription when activators are absent and stimulating transcription in the presence of activators. Here we review the roles of these cofactors and GTFs, as well as TBP-related factors (TRFs), TAF-containing complexes (TFTC, SAGA, SLIK/SALSA, STAGA, and PRC1) and TAF variants, in pol II-mediated transcription, with emphasis on the events occurring after the chromatin has been remodeled but prior to the formation of the first phosphodiester bond.
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- Mary C Thomas
- Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4935, USA
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Fish RN, Ammerman ML, Davie JK, Lu BF, Pham C, Howe L, Ponticelli AS, Kane CM. Genetic interactions between TFIIF and TFIIS. Genetics 2006; 173:1871-84. [PMID: 16648643 PMCID: PMC1569716 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.058834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2006] [Accepted: 04/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic transcript elongation factor TFIIS is encoded by a nonessential gene, PPR2, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Disruptions of PPR2 are lethal in conjunction with a disruption in the nonessential gene TAF14/TFG3. While investigating which of the Taf14p-containing complexes may be responsible for the synthetic lethality between ppr2Delta and taf14Delta, we discovered genetic interactions between PPR2 and both TFG1 and TFG2 encoding the two larger subunits of the TFIIF complex that also contains Taf14p. Mutant alleles of tfg1 or tfg2 that render cells cold sensitive have improved growth at low temperature in the absence of TFIIS. Remarkably, the amino-terminal 130 amino acids of TFIIS, which are dispensable for the known in vitro and in vivo activities of TFIIS, are required to complement the lethality in taf14Delta ppr2Delta cells. Analyses of deletion and chimeric gene constructs of PPR2 implicate contributions by different regions of this N-terminal domain. No strong common phenotypes were identified for the ppr2Delta and taf14Delta strains, implying that the proteins are not functionally redundant. Instead, the absence of Taf14p in the cell appears to create a dependence on an undefined function of TFIIS mediated by its N-terminal region. This region of TFIIS is also at least in part responsible for the deleterious effect of TFIIS on tfg1 or tfg2 cold-sensitive cells. Together, these results suggest a physiologically relevant functional connection between TFIIS and TFIIF.
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- Rachel N Fish
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3202, USA
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Zhu X, Wirén M, Sinha I, Rasmussen NN, Linder T, Holmberg S, Ekwall K, Gustafsson CM. Genome-wide occupancy profile of mediator and the Srb8-11 module reveals interactions with coding regions. Mol Cell 2006; 22:169-78. [PMID: 16630887 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2005] [Revised: 02/14/2006] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mediator exists in a free form containing the Med12, Med13, CDK8, and CycC subunits (the Srb8-11 module) and a smaller form, which lacks these four subunits and associates with RNA polymerase II (Pol II), forming a holoenzyme. We use chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and DNA microarrays to investigate genome-wide localization of Mediator and the Srb8-11 module in fission yeast. Mediator and the Srb8-11 module display similar binding patterns, and interactions with promoters and upstream activating sequences correlate with increased transcription activity. Unexpectedly, Mediator also interacts with the downstream coding region of many genes. These interactions display a negative bias for positions closer to the 5' ends of open reading frames (ORFs) and appear functionally important, because downregulation of transcription in a temperature-sensitive med17 mutant strain correlates with increased Mediator occupancy in the coding region. We propose that Mediator coordinates transcription initiation with transcriptional events in the coding region of eukaryotic genes.
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- Xuefeng Zhu
- Department Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Freire-Picos MA, Krishnamurthy S, Sun ZW, Hampsey M. Evidence that the Tfg1/Tfg2 dimer interface of TFIIF lies near the active center of the RNA polymerase II initiation complex. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:5045-52. [PMID: 16147988 PMCID: PMC1201334 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Revised: 08/23/2005] [Accepted: 08/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The ssu71 alleles of the TFG1 gene, which encodes the largest subunit of TFIIF, were isolated as suppressors of a TFIIB defect that affects the accuracy of transcription start site selection in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here we report that ssu71-1 also suppresses the cell growth and start site defects associated with an altered form of the Rpb1 subunit of RNA polymerase II (RNAP II). The ssu71-1 and ssu71-2 alleles were cloned and found to encode single amino acid replacements of glycine-363, either glycine to aspartic acid (G363D) or glycine to arginine (G363R). Two other charged replacements, G363E and G363K, were constructed by site-directed mutagenesis and suppress both TFIIB E62K and Rpb1 N445S, whereas neither G363A nor G363P exhibited any effect. G363 is phylogenetically conserved and its counterpart in human TFIIF (RAP74 G112) is located within the RAP74/RAP30 dimerization domain. We propose that the TFIIF dimerization domain is located in proximity to the B-finger of TFIIB near the active center of RNAP II where the TFIIB-TFIIF-RNAP II interface plays a key role in start site selection.
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- M. Angeles Freire-Picos
- Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Molecular, Area de Bioquímica e Bioloxía MolecularCampus da Zapateira S/N 1071 A Coruña, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Nucleic Acids Enzymology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolPiscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Nucleic Acids Enzymology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolPiscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Nucleic Acids Enzymology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolPiscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Division of Nucleic Acids Enzymology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolPiscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Kabani M, Michot K, Boschiero C, Werner M. Anc1 interacts with the catalytic subunits of the general transcription factors TFIID and TFIIF, the chromatin remodeling complexes RSC and INO80, and the histone acetyltransferase complex NuA3. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 332:398-403. [PMID: 15896708 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.04.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Accepted: 04/29/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Anc1 protein co-purifies with general transcription factors, chromatin remodeling complexes, and histone modification enzymes and is required for efficient transcription in yeast. We show here that Anc1 interacts with Tsm1, Tfg1, Sth1, Ino80, and Sas3 that are, respectively, the catalytic subunits of the general transcription factors TFIID and TFIIF, of the chromatin remodeling complexes RSC and INO80, and of the histone H3-acetyltransferase complex NuA3. We show that Anc1 is required for growth on galactose as the sole carbon source, and that it is recruited to the UAS of the GAL1 gene after induction.
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- Mehdi Kabani
- Laboratoire de Physiogénomique, Service de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Departement de Biologie Joliot Curie, Bâtiment 144, CEA/Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Krause R, von Mering C, Bork P, Dandekar T. Shared components of protein complexes--versatile building blocks or biochemical artefacts? Bioessays 2005; 26:1333-43. [PMID: 15551274 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Protein complexes perform many important functions in the cell. Large-scale studies of protein-protein interactions have not only revealed new complexes but have also placed many proteins into multiple complexes. Whilst the advocates of hypothesis-free research touted the discovery of these shared components as new links between diverse cellular processes, critical commentators denounced many of the findings as artefacts, thus questioning the usefulness of large-scale approaches. Here, we survey proteins known to be shared between complexes, as established in the literature, and compare them to shared components found in high-throughput screens. We discuss the various challenges to the identification and functional interpretation of bona fide shared components, namely contaminants, variant and megacomplexes, and transient interactions, and suggest that many of the novel shared components found in high-throughput screens are neither the results of contamination nor central components, but appear to be primarily regulatory links in cellular processes.
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- Roland Krause
- Cellzome AG, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Shia WJ, Osada S, Florens L, Swanson SK, Washburn MP, Workman JL. Characterization of the yeast trimeric-SAS acetyltransferase complex. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:11987-94. [PMID: 15659401 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500276200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The yeast SAS2 (Something About Silencing 2) gene encodes a member of the MYST protein family of histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and is involved in transcriptional silencing at all silent loci (HML, HMR, telomeres, and rDNA) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sas2 is the catalytic subunit of a yeast histone acetyltransferase complex termed SAS complex. The enzymatic activity of SAS complex on free histones has been reported, but nucleosomal HAT activity has not yet been documented. Here we show that the native yeast SAS complex is a small trimeric protein complex composed solely of Sas2, Sas4, and Sas5 with a molecular mass of about 125 kDa. It is capable of acetylating both free histones and nucleosomes, although the nucleosomal HAT activity of SAS complex is very weak when compared with that of NuA4, the other member of MYST HAT complex. We also demonstrate that the putative acetyl CoA binding motif in Sas2 is essential for both the in vivo silencing function and the enzymatic activity of SAS complex. Unlike NuA4, which acetylates all four available lysines at the N-terminal tail of histone H4, SAS complex exclusively acetylates lysine 16 of histone H4 in vitro and is required for the bulk of H4 lysine 16 acetylation in vivo. This specific lysine preference corresponds to the role of SAS complex in antagonizing the spreading of Sir proteins at silent loci in S. cerevisiae.
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- Wei-Jong Shia
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA
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Ghazy MA, Brodie SA, Ammerman ML, Ziegler LM, Ponticelli AS. Amino acid substitutions in yeast TFIIF confer upstream shifts in transcription initiation and altered interaction with RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:10975-85. [PMID: 15572698 PMCID: PMC533996 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.24.10975-10985.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transcription factor IIF (TFIIF) is required for transcription of protein-encoding genes by eukaryotic RNA polymerase II. In contrast to numerous studies establishing a role for higher eukaryotic TFIIF in multiple steps of the transcription cycle, relatively little has been reported regarding the functions of TFIIF in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, site-directed mutagenesis, plasmid shuffle complementation assays, and primer extension analyses were employed to probe the functional domains of the S. cerevisiae TFIIF subunits Tfg1 and Tfg2. Analyses of 35 Tfg1 alanine substitution mutants and 19 Tfg2 substitution mutants identified 5 mutants exhibiting altered properties in vivo. Primer extension analyses revealed that the conditional growth properties exhibited by the tfg1-E346A, tfg1-W350A, and tfg2-L59K mutants were associated with pronounced upstream shifts in transcription initiation in vivo. Analyses of double mutant strains demonstrated functional interactions between the Tfg1 mutations and mutations in Tfg2, TFIIB, and RNA polymerase II. Importantly, biochemical results demonstrated an altered interaction between mutant TFIIF protein and RNA polymerase II. These results provide direct evidence for the involvement of S. cerevisiae TFIIF in the mechanism of transcription start site utilization and support the view that a TFIIF-RNA polymerase II interaction is a determinant in this process.
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- Mohamed A Ghazy
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA
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Kimura M, Ishihama A. Tfg3, a subunit of the general transcription factor TFIIF in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, functions under stress conditions. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:6706-15. [PMID: 15616156 PMCID: PMC545442 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh1000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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TFIIF is a general transcription factor (GTF) that binds to RNA polymerase II (pol II) for subsequent recruitment of pol II to a promoter. TFIIF of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a small subunit, designated Tfg3, in addition to two conserved subunits, TFIIFalpha (Tfg1) and TFIIFbeta (Tfg2). In this study, we characterized Tfg3 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Using Tfg3 fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP), we found that Tfg3 is located in nuclei, and it is assembled into the C-terminal domain phosphatase (Fcp1)/TFIIF/pol II complex via interactions with TFIIFalpha and TFIIFbeta. As in the case of S.cerevisiae, Tfg3 in S.pombe forms part of another GTF, namely TFIID. The TFIID complex isolated from S.pombe that had been cultured at elevated temperatures included increased levels of Tfg3. The interaction of recombinant Tfg3 with TATA-binding protein (TBP), the central subunit of TFIID, was temperature-dependent. Moreover, a mutant of S.pombe that lacked the gene for Tfg3 was sensitive to a battery of stresses including temperature up-shift. Starting from a mutant with tfg3- mutation, we isolated five species of multicopy suppressors. Expression levels of the suppressor genes were lower in the mutant cell than in wild-type cell at an elevated temperature. Taken together, we propose that Tfg3 is involved in transcriptional regulation under stress conditions, in particular, at high temperatures.
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- Makoto Kimura
- Gene Engineering Division, BioResource Center, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan and Nippon Institute for Biological Science, Ome, Tokyo 198-0024, Japan.
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Zhang H, Richardson DO, Roberts DN, Utley R, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Côté J, Cairns BR. The Yaf9 component of the SWR1 and NuA4 complexes is required for proper gene expression, histone H4 acetylation, and Htz1 replacement near telomeres. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:9424-36. [PMID: 15485911 PMCID: PMC522225 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.21.9424-9436.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Yaf9, Taf14, and Sas5 comprise the YEATS domain family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which in humans includes proteins involved in acute leukemias. The YEATS domain family is essential, as a yaf9Delta taf14Delta sas5Delta triple mutant is nonviable. We verify that Yaf9 is a stable component of NuA4, an essential histone H4 acetyltransferase complex. Yaf9 is also associated with the SWR1 complex, which deposits the histone H2A variant Htz1. However, the functional contribution of Yaf9 to these complexes has not been determined. Strains lacking YAF9 are sensitive to DNA-damaging agents, cold, and caffeine, and the YEATS domain is required for full Yaf9 function. NuA4 lacking Yaf9 retains histone acetyltransferase activity in vitro, and Yaf9 does not markedly reduce bulk H4 acetylation levels, suggesting a role for Yaf9 in the targeting or regulation of NuA4. Interestingly, yaf9Delta strains display reduced transcription of genes near certain telomeres, and their repression is correlated with reduced H4 acetylation, reduced occupancy by Htz1, and increased occupancy by the silencing protein Sir3. Additionally, the spectra of phenotypes, genes, and telomeres affected in yaf9Delta and htz1Delta strains are significantly similar, further supporting a role for Yaf9 in Htz1 deposition. Taken together, these data indicate that Yaf9 may function in NuA4 and SWR1 complexes to help antagonize silencing near telomeres.
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- Haiying Zhang
- Department of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Utah, 2000 Circle of Hope, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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