THE TBP-TFIIA INTERACTION IN THE RESPONSE TO ACIDIC ACTIVATORS IN-VIVO

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STARGELL, LA [1 ]
STRUHL, K [1 ]
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[1] HARVARD UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT BIOL CHEM & MOLEC PHARMACOL, BOSTON, MA 02115 USA
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10.1126/science.7604282
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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A yeast TBP mutant (N2-1) is described here that is defective specifically in responding to acidic activators in vivo. N2-1 does not support activation by Gal4, Ace1, and Gcn4, but appears unaffected for constitutive transcription, repression by the Cyc8-Tup1 and Not complexes, and transcription by polymerase I (Pol) and Pol III. In vitro, N2-1 fails to interact with TFIIA, but it associates normally with a TATA element, an acidic activation domain, and TFIIB. Fusion of the small subunit of TFIIA to N2-1 restores activation function in vivo. Thus, an efficient interaction between TBP and TFIIA is required for transcriptional activation in vivo.
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