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Olave IA, Doneanu C, Fang X, Stamatoyannopoulos G, Li Q. Purification and identification of proteins that bind to the hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin -198 mutation in the gamma-globin gene promoter. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:853-62. [PMID: 17114178 PMCID: PMC2819221 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610404200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Expression of the gamma-globin gene is silenced in adult humans. However, certain point mutations in the gamma-globin gene promoter are capable of maintaining expression of this gene during adult erythropoiesis, a condition called non-deletion hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH). Among these, the British form of HPFH carrying a T-->C point mutation at position -198 of the Agamma-globin gene promoter results in 4-10% fetal hemoglobin in heterozygotes. In this study, we used nuclear extracts from murine erythroleukemia cells to purify a protein complex that binds the HPFH -198 gamma-globin gene promoter. Members of this protein complex were identified by mass spectrometry and include DNMT1, the transcriptional coactivator p52, the protein SNEV, and RAP74 (the largest subunit of the general transcription factor IIF). Sp1, which was previously considered responsible for HPFH -198 gamma-globin gene activation, was not identified. The potential role of these proteins in the reactivation and/or maintenance of gamma-globin gene expression in the adult transcriptional environment is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Animals
- Antibody Specificity
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Fractionation
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chromatography, Affinity
- DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1
- DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/immunology
- DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/isolation & purification
- DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases/metabolism
- Fetal Hemoglobin/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Globins/genetics
- Humans
- Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute
- Mass Spectrometry
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins/immunology
- Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins/isolation & purification
- Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins/metabolism
- Point Mutation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/physiology
- Sp1 Transcription Factor/immunology
- Sp1 Transcription Factor/isolation & purification
- Sp1 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/immunology
- Transcription Factors/isolation & purification
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription Factors, TFII/immunology
- Transcription Factors, TFII/isolation & purification
- Transcription Factors, TFII/metabolism
- Transcriptional Activation
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Affiliation(s)
- Ivan A. Olave
- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Mass Spectrometry Center, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Div. of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, P. O. Box 357720, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel.: 206-616-4526; Fax: 206-616-4527;
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Charlet-Berguerand N, Feuerhahn S, Kong SE, Ziserman H, Conaway JW, Conaway R, Egly JM. RNA polymerase II bypass of oxidative DNA damage is regulated by transcription elongation factors. EMBO J 2006; 25:5481-91. [PMID: 17110932 PMCID: PMC1679758 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 10/04/2006] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Oxidative lesions represent the most abundant DNA lesions within the cell. In the present study, we investigated the impact of the oxidative lesions 8-oxoguanine, thymine glycol and 5-hydroxyuracil on RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II) transcription using a well-defined in vitro transcription system. We found that in a purified, reconstituted transcription system, these lesions block elongation by RNA pol II to different extents, depending on the type of lesion. Suggesting the presence of a bypass activity, the block to elongation is alleviated when transcription is carried out in HeLa cell nuclear extracts. By purifying this activity, we discovered that TFIIF could promote elongation through a thymine glycol lesion. The elongation factors Elongin and CSB, but not TFIIS, can also stimulate bypass of thymine glycol lesions, whereas Elongin, CSB and TFIIS can all enhance bypass of an 8-oxoguanine lesion. By increasing the efficiency with which RNA pol II reads through oxidative lesions, elongation factors can contribute to transcriptional mutagenesis, an activity that could have implications for the generation or progression of human diseases.
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch Cedex, CU Strasbourg, France
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch Cedex, CU Strasbourg, France
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 1 rue Laurent Fries, BP 10142, 67404 Illkirch Cedex 67000, CU Strasbourg, France. Tel.: +33 388 65 34 47; Fax: +33 388 65 32 01; E-mail:
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High resolution X-ray crystal structures of multisubunit RNA polymerases (RNAP) have contributed to our understanding of transcriptional mechanisms. They also provided a powerful guide for the design of experiments aimed at further characterizing the molecular stages of the transcription reaction. Our laboratory used tandem-affinity peptide purification in native conditions to isolate human RNAP II variants that had site-specific mutations in structural elements located strategically within the enzyme's catalytic center. Both in vitro and in vivo analyses of these mutants revealed novel features of the catalytic mechanisms involving this enzyme.
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- Benoit Coulombe
- Gene Transcription Laboratory, Institute de recherche cliniques de Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Castaño E, Flores RD, Zapata LCR. An easy approach for the purification of native TFIIH. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 62:207-13. [PMID: 15733580 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbbm.2004.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2004] [Revised: 11/03/2004] [Accepted: 11/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Transcriptional regulation depends on the appropriate set of positive and negative regulating signals in order to provide the correct gene expression. In vitro studies in eukaryotic gene expression over the last few years have provided a wealth of information about new factors involved in the regulation of genes. However, the dissection of this mechanism requires the addition of well-characterized general transcription factors; with the exception of TFIID and TFIIH, all others can easily be expressed in a recombinant form. Here we provide a simple methodology to obtain partially purified transcriptionally active TFIIH free from other general transcription factors and active in transcription.
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- Enrique Castaño
- Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43 No. 130, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, CP 97200, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
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Zeghouf M, Li J, Butland G, Borkowska A, Canadien V, Richards D, Beattie B, Emili A, Greenblatt JF. Sequential Peptide Affinity (SPA) system for the identification of mammalian and bacterial protein complexes. J Proteome Res 2004; 3:463-8. [PMID: 15253427 DOI: 10.1021/pr034084x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A vector system is described that combines reliable, very low level, regulated protein expression in human cells with two affinity purification tags (Sequential Peptide Affinity, or SPA, system). By avoiding overproduction of the target protein, this system allows for the efficient purification of natural protein complexes and their identification by mass spectrometry. We also present an adaptation of the SPA system for the efficient purification and identification of protein complexes in E. coli and, potentially, other bacteria.
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- Mahel Zeghouf
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, 112 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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Jeronimo C, Langelier MF, Zeghouf M, Cojocaru M, Bergeron D, Baali D, Forget D, Mnaimneh S, Davierwala AP, Pootoolal J, Chandy M, Canadien V, Beattie BK, Richards DP, Workman JL, Hughes TR, Greenblatt J, Coulombe B. RPAP1, a novel human RNA polymerase II-associated protein affinity purified with recombinant wild-type and mutated polymerase subunits. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:7043-58. [PMID: 15282305 PMCID: PMC479746 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.16.7043-7058.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2003] [Revised: 02/09/2004] [Accepted: 05/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have programmed human cells to express physiological levels of recombinant RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) subunits carrying tandem affinity purification (TAP) tags. Double-affinity chromatography allowed for the simple and efficient isolation of a complex containing all 12 RNAPII subunits, the general transcription factors TFIIB and TFIIF, the RNAPII phosphatase Fcp1, and a novel 153-kDa polypeptide of unknown function that we named RNAPII-associated protein 1 (RPAP1). The TAP-tagged RNAPII complex is functionally active both in vitro and in vivo. A role for RPAP1 in RNAPII transcription was established by shutting off the synthesis of Ydr527wp, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein homologous to RPAP1, and demonstrating that changes in global gene expression were similar to those caused by the loss of the yeast RNAPII subunit Rpb11. We also used TAP-tagged Rpb2 with mutations in fork loop 1 and switch 3, two structural elements located strategically within the active center, to start addressing the roles of these elements in the interaction of the enzyme with the template DNA during the transcription reaction.
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- Célia Jeronimo
- Laboratory of Gene Transcription, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1R7
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Moon WJ, Apostol JA, McBride AJ, Shukla LI, Dvir A, Burton ZF. Efficient production of recombinant human transcription factor IIE. Protein Expr Purif 2004; 34:317-23. [PMID: 15003267 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2003.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2003] [Revised: 12/10/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Transcription factor IIE (TFIIE) is a general initiation and promoter escape factor for RNA polymerase II composed of p56 (TFIIE-alpha) and p34 (TFIIE-beta) subunits. Our laboratories experienced difficulty producing adequate quantities of recombinant human TFIIE-alpha for in vitro studies using available clones. We therefore re-engineered the TFIIE subunit production vectors and tested various Escherichia coli host strains to optimize expression. We report a much-improved system for production of pure, soluble, and active TFIIE complex for in vitro studies.
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- Woo J Moon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824-1319, USA
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Spahr H, Khorosjutina O, Baraznenok V, Linder T, Samuelsen CO, Hermand D, Mäkela TP, Holmberg S, Gustafsson CM. Mediator influences Schizosaccharomyces pombe RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription in vitro. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:51301-6. [PMID: 14534314 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306750200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has proved an important model system for cross-species comparative studies of many fundamental processes in the eukaryotic cell, such as cell cycle control and DNA replication. The RNA polymerase II transcription machinery is, however, still relatively poorly understood in S. pombe, partially due to the absence of a reconstituted in vitro transcription system. We have now purified S. pombe RNA polymerase II and its general initiation factors TFIIB, TFIIF, TFIIE, and TFIIH to near homogeneity. These factors enable RNA polymerase II to initiate transcription from the S. pombe alcohol dehydrogenase promoter (adh1p) when combined with Saccharomyces cerevisiae TATA-binding protein. We use our reconstituted system to examine effects of Mediator on basal transcription in vitro. S. pombe Mediator exists in two distinct forms, a free form, which contains the spSrb8, spTrap240, spSrb10, and spSrb11 subunits, and a smaller form, which lacks these four subunits and associates with RNA polymerase II to form a holoenzyme. We find that spSrb8/spTrap240/spSrb10/spSrb11 containing Mediator repress basal transcription, whereas Mediator lacking these subunits has a stimulatory effect on transcription. Our findings thus demonstrate that the spSrb8/spTrap240/spSrb10/spSrb11 subcomplex governs the ability of Mediator to stimulate or repress basal transcription in vitro.
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- Henrik Spahr
- Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
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Takagi Y, Komori H, Chang WH, Hudmon A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Kornberg RD. Revised subunit structure of yeast transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) and reconciliation with human TFIIH. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:43897-900. [PMID: 14500720 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c300417200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tfb4 is identified as a subunit of the core complex of yeast RNA polymerase II general transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) by affinity purification, by peptide sequence analysis, and by expression of the entire complex in insect cells. Tfb3, previously identified as a component of the core complex, is shown instead to form a complex with cdk and cyclin subunits of TFIIH. This reassignment of subunits resolves a longstanding discrepancy between yeast and human TFIIH complexes.
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- Yuichiro Takagi
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5400, USA
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Lindstrom DL, Squazzo SL, Muster N, Burckin TA, Wachter KC, Emigh CA, McCleery JA, Yates JR, Hartzog GA. Dual roles for Spt5 in pre-mRNA processing and transcription elongation revealed by identification of Spt5-associated proteins. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:1368-78. [PMID: 12556496 PMCID: PMC141151 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.4.1368-1378.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2002] [Revised: 10/22/2002] [Accepted: 11/14/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During transcription elongation, eukaryotic RNA polymerase II (Pol II) must contend with the barrier presented by nucleosomes. The conserved Spt4-Spt5 complex has been proposed to regulate elongation through nucleosomes by Pol II. To help define the mechanism of Spt5 function, we have characterized proteins that coimmunopurify with Spt5. Among these are the general elongation factors TFIIF and TFIIS as well as Spt6 and FACT, factors thought to regulate elongation through nucleosomes. Spt5 also coimmunopurified with the mRNA capping enzyme and cap methyltransferase, and spt4 and spt5 mutations displayed genetic interactions with mutations in capping enzyme genes. Additionally, we found that spt4 and spt5 mutations lead to accumulation of unspliced pre-mRNA. Spt5 also copurified with several previously unstudied proteins; we demonstrate that one of these is encoded by a new member of the SPT gene family. Finally, by immunoprecipitating these factors we found evidence that Spt5 participates in at least three Pol II complexes. These observations provide new evidence of roles for Spt4-Spt5 in pre-mRNA processing and transcription elongation.
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- D L Lindstrom
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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Sanders SL, Garbett KA, Weil PA. Molecular characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIID. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:6000-13. [PMID: 12138208 PMCID: PMC133964 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.16.6000-6013.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2002] [Revised: 02/27/2002] [Accepted: 05/21/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously defined Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIID as a 15-subunit complex comprised of the TATA binding protein (TBP) and 14 distinct TBP-associated factors (TAFs). In this report we give a detailed biochemical characterization of this general transcription factor. We have shown that yeast TFIID efficiently mediates both basal and activator-dependent transcription in vitro and displays TATA box binding activity that is functionally distinct from that of TBP. Analyses of the stoichiometry of TFIID subunits indicated that several TAFs are present at more than 1 copy per TFIID complex. This conclusion was further supported by coimmunoprecipitation experiments with a systematic family of (pseudo)diploid yeast strains that expressed epitope-tagged and untagged alleles of the genes encoding TFIID subunits. Based on these data, we calculated a native molecular mass for monomeric TFIID. Purified TFIID behaved in a fashion consistent with this calculated molecular mass in both gel filtration and rate-zonal sedimentation experiments. Quite surprisingly, although the TAF subunits of TFIID cofractionated as a single complex, TBP did not comigrate with the TAFs during either gel filtration chromatography or rate-zonal sedimentation, suggesting that TBP has the ability to dynamically associate with the TFIID TAFs. The results of direct biochemical exchange experiments confirmed this hypothesis. Together, our results represent a concise molecular characterization of the general transcription factor TFIID from S. cerevisiae.
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- Steven L Sanders
- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615, USA
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Frontini M, Imbriano C, diSilvio A, Bell B, Bogni A, Romier C, Moras D, Tora L, Davidson I, Mantovani R. NF-Y recruitment of TFIID, multiple interactions with histone fold TAF(II)s. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:5841-8. [PMID: 11689552 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103651200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The nuclear factor y (NF-Y) trimer and TFIID contain histone fold subunits, and their binding to the CCAAT and Initiator elements of the major histocompatibility complex class II Ea promoter is required for transcriptional activation. Using agarose-electrophoretic mobility shift assay we found that NF-Y increases the affinity of holo-TFIID for Ea in a CCAAT- and Inr-dependent manner. We began to dissect the interplay between NF-Y- and TBP-associated factors PO1II (TAF(II)s)-containing histone fold domains in protein-protein interactions and transfections. hTAF(II)20, hTAF(II)28, and hTAF(II)18-hTAF(II)28 bind to the NF-Y B-NF-YC histone fold dimer; hTAF(II)80 and hTAF(II)31-hTAF(II)80 interact with the trimer but not with the NF-YB-NF-YC dimer. The histone fold alpha2 helix of hTAF(II)80 is not required for NF-Y association, as determined by interactions with the naturally occurring splice variant hTAF(II)80 delta. Expression of hTAF(II)28 and hTAF(II)18 in mouse cells significantly and specifically reduced NF-Y activation in GAL4-based experiments, whereas hTAF(II)20 and hTAF(II)135 increased it. These results indicate that NF-Y (i) recruits purified holo-TFIID in vitro and (ii) can associate multiple TAF(II)s, potentially accommodating different core promoter architectures.
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- Mattia Frontini
- Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Modena e Reggio, Via Campi 213/d, Modena 41100, Italy
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Ubiquitination of histones has been linked to the complex processes that regulate the activation of eukaryotic transcription. However, the cellular factors that interpose this histone modification during the processes of transcriptional activation are not well characterized. A biochemical approach identified the Drosophila coactivator TAFII250, the central subunit within the general transcription factor TFIID, as a histone-specific ubiquitin-activating/conjugating enzyme (ubac). TAFII250 mediates monoubiquitination of histone H1 in vitro. Point mutations within the putative ubac domain of TAFII250 abolished H1-specific ubiquitination in vitro. In the Drosophila embryo, inactivation of the TAFII250 ubac activity reduces the cellular level of monoubiquitinated histone H1 and the expression of genes targeted by the maternal activator Dorsal. Thus, coactivator-mediated ubiquitination of proteins within the transactivation pathway may contribute to the processes directing activation of eukaryotic transcription.
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- A D Pham
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Wu SY, Thomas MC, Hou SY, Likhite V, Chiang CM. Isolation of mouse TFIID and functional characterization of TBP and TFIID in mediating estrogen receptor and chromatin transcription. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:23480-90. [PMID: 10438527 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.33.23480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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TFIID is a general transcription factor required for the assembly of the transcription machinery on most eukaryotic promoters transcribed by RNA polymerase II. Although the TATA-binding subunit (TBP) of TFIID is able to support core promoter and activator-dependent transcription under some circumstances, the roles of TBP-associated factors (TAF(II)s) in TFIID-mediated activation remain unclear. To define the evolutionarily conserved function of TFIID and to elucidate the roles of TAF(II)s in gene activation, we have cloned the mouse TAF(II)55 subunit of TFIID and further isolated mouse TFIID from a murine FM3A-derived cell line that constitutively expresses FLAG-tagged mouse TAF(II)55. Both mouse and human TFIIDs are capable of mediating transcriptional activation by Gal4 fusions containing different activation domains in a highly purified human cell-free transcription system devoid of TFIIA and Mediator. Although TAF(II)-independent activation by Gal4-VP16 can also be observed in this highly purified human transcription system with either mouse or yeast TBP, TAF(II)s are strictly required for estrogen receptor-mediated activation independently of the core promoter sequence. In addition, TAF(II)s are necessary for transcription from a preassembled chromatin template. These findings clearly demonstrate an essential role of TAF(II)s as a transcriptional coactivator for estrogen receptor and in chromatin transcription.
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- S Y Wu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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The HIV-1-encoded Tat protein controls transcription elongation by increasing processivity of RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Here, we have identified a Tat stimulatory activity (Tat-SF) as a novel RNA Pol II-containing complex. Remarkably, Tat-SF contains the previously identified Tat cofactors Tat-SF1, P-TEFb and hSPT5/Tat-CT1, in addition to RNA Pol II and other unidentified polypeptides, but none of the SRB/MED proteins or other factors found associated with the previously described RNA Pol II holoenzyme complex. Tat-SF supports basal, Sp1-activated and Tat-activated transcription in a reconstituted system, and a Tat-SF-derived fraction lacking RNA Pol II can complement non-responsive RNA Pol II complexes for Tat-enhanced HIV-1 transcription, indicating that Tat-SF contains factors that are critical for Tat function. Both Tat-SF and RNA Pol II holoenzyme are present in HeLa nuclear extracts and each can be recruited to the HIV-1 promoter. Our results indicate that Tat-SF is a Tat cofactor-containing RNA Pol II complex whose recruitment to the promoter provides elongation factors important for Tat-enhanced HIV-1 transcription following TAR RNA synthesis.
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- C A Parada
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Human positive cofactor (PC4) acts as a general coactivator for activator-dependent transcription by RNA polymerase II. Here we show that PC4 coactivator function, in contrast to basal (activator-independent) transcription, is dependent both on TATA binding protein (TBP)-associated factors (TAFs) in TFIID and on TFIIH. Surprisingly, PC4 strongly represses transcription initiation by minimal preinitiation complexes in the absence of TAFs and TFIIH, while simultaneously promoting the formation of these complexes. Furthermore, TFIIH and TAFII250, the largest subunit of TFIID, can both phosphorylate PC4. These results provide evidence for an inactive, PC4-induced intermediate in preinitiation complex assembly and point to TFIIH and TAF requirements for its progression into a functional preinitiation complex. Thus PC4 coactivator activity is realized in a stepwise series of events reminiscent of prokaryotic activation pathways involving conversion of inactive RNA polymerase-promoter complexes to an initiation-competent state.
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- S Malik
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) major immediate-early (IE) proteins IEP86 (IE2(579aa)) and IEP72 (IE1(491aa)) can transcriptionally activate a variety of simple promoters containing a TATA element and one upstream transcription factor binding site. In our previous studies, transcriptional activation was shown to correlate with IEP86 binding to both the TATA-box binding protein (TBP) and the transcription factor bound upstream. IEP72 often synergistically affects the activation by IEP86, although it has not previously been shown to directly interact in vitro with IEP86, TBP, or transcription factors (e.g., Sp1 and Tef-1) bound by IEP86. We report biochemical and genetic evidence suggesting that the major IE proteins may perform a function similar to that of the TBP-associated factors (TAFs) which make up TFIID. Consistent with this model, we found that the major IE proteins interact with a number of TAFs. In vitro, IEP86 bound with drosophila TAF(II)110 (dTAF(II)110) and human TAF(II)130 (hTAF(II)130), while IEP72 bound dTAF(II)40, dTAF(II)110, and hTAF(II)130. Regions on major IE proteins which mediate binding have been defined. In addition, our data indicate that both IEP72 and IEP86 can bind simultaneously to hTAF(II)130, suggesting that this TAF may provide bridging interactions between the two proteins for transcriptional activation and synergy. In agreement, a transcriptional activation mutant of IEP72 is unable to participate in bridging. Confirmation that these in vitro interactions were relevant was provided by data showing that both IEP72 and IEP86 copurify with TFIID and coimmunoprecipitate with purified TFIID derived from infected cell nuclei. To further support a TAF-like function of the IE proteins, we have found that the IE proteins expressed from the intact major IE gene, and to a lesser extent IEP86 alone, can rescue the temperature-sensitive (ts) transcriptional defect in TAF(II)250 in the BHK-21 cell line ts13. Analyses of mutations in the major IE region show that IEP86 is essential for rescue and that IEP72 augments its effect, and that mutations which affect TAF interactions are debilitated in rescue. Our data, showing that the IE proteins can bind with TFIID and rescue a ts transcriptional defect in TAF(II)250, support the model that the IE proteins perform a TAF-like function as components of TFIID.
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- D M Lukac
- Department of Microbiology and Graduate Group of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6142, USA
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The transcription factor TFIID is a multisubunit complex that is required for promoter recognition and accurate initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. To dissect the molecular architecture and the biochemical properties of TFIID, a small-scale density gradient sedimentation method is employed to separate related complexes through differences in their sedimentation properties. A small amount of starting material is sufficient to obtain readily assayable amounts of separated proteins after centrifugation for 8 to 12 h in a benchtop ultracentrifuge. Gradient fractions are analyzed by immunoblotting for the presence of specific components of TFIID. Sucrose gradient sedimentation is performed to separate a mixture of multiprotein complexes from a crude nuclear extract immunoprecipitation of the proteins present in each fraction with an anti-TBP antibody reveals multiple TBP-containing complexes of different sizes. Density gradient sedimentation permits separation of specific components in a complex mixture and preserves activity, allowing functional assays.
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- N Tanese
- Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.
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Poterszman A, Andersen G, Busso D, Rossignol M, Egly JM, Thierry JC. Expression in Escherichia coli: purification and characterization of cyclin H, a subunit of the human general transcription/DNA repair factor TFIIH. Protein Expr Purif 1997; 9:153-8. [PMID: 9056480 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1996.0693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The human cyclin H, a protein normally associated with the cyclin-dependent kinase cdk7, was overexpressed in Escherichia coli using a T7 RNA polymerase expression system and further purified to apparent homogeneity. The purified recombinant cyclin H is similar to the endogenous one according to the following criteria: molecular weight, microsequencing and mass spectra studies, ability to interact with cdk7, and regulatory kinase activity. The scale-up of cyclin H purification is described.
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- A Poterszman
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Illkirch, France
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Valcárcel R, Meyer M, Meisterernst M, Stunnenberg HG. Requirement of cofactors for RXR/RAR-mediated transcriptional activation in vitro. Biochim Biophys Acta 1997; 1350:229-34. [PMID: 9061014 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(96)00234-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Using crude in vitro systems, we have previously shown that RXR/RAR heterodimers are able to activate transcription from the RAR beta 2 promoter in a retinoid-dependent manner. Here we demonstrate that cofactors distinct from general transcription factors or receptors are required to mediate retinoic acid-dependent transcription in vitro.
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- R Valcárcel
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Gene Expression Programme, Heidelberg, Germany
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- E Maldonado
- Department of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854, USA
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Ge H, Martinez E, Chiang CM, Roeder RG. Activator-dependent transcription by mammalian RNA polymerase II: in vitro reconstitution with general transcription factors and cofactors. Methods Enzymol 1996; 274:57-71. [PMID: 8902796 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(96)74008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- H Ge
- Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Greenblatt J, Ingles CJ. Interaction between acidic transcriptional activation domains of herpes simplex virus activator protein VP16 and transcriptional initiation factor IID. Methods Enzymol 1996; 274:120-33. [PMID: 8902800 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(96)74012-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- J Greenblatt
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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