THE ACIDIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR GAL-VP16 ACTS ON PREFORMED TEMPLATE-COMMITTED COMPLEXES

被引:113
作者
WHITE, J [1 ]
BROU, C [1 ]
WU, J [1 ]
LUTZ, Y [1 ]
MONCOLLIN, V [1 ]
CHAMBON, P [1 ]
机构
[1] FAC MED STRASBOURG,INST CHIM BIOL,GENET MOLEC EUCARYOTES LAB,CNRS,INSERM,F-67085 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
关键词
INHIBITION OF GAL-VP16; TFIIB; TFIID; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ENHANCER; VP16; ANTIBODIES;
D O I
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05282.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The action of the chimeric acidic transcriptional activator GAL-VP16 has been investigated by performing a series of kinetic experiments using the detergent Sarkosyl as well as monoclonal antibodies which specifically inhibit GAL-VP16 DNA binding and transcriptional activation. GAL-VP16 binds to its recognition site rapidly, remains bound after transcriptional initiation and is required to maintain stimulated levels of reinitiation. GAL-VP16 action, which appears to result in an increase in the number of preinitiation complexes formed, occurs after the formation of template-committed complexes composed of promoter-bound TFIIA (STF) and a partially purified TFIID fraction conferring GAL-VP16 responsiveness on a reconstituted basal transcription system. This TFIID fraction cannot be replaced by TFIIB or cloned TFIID. Our results suggest that GAL-VP16 activates step(s) in preinitiation complex assembly occurring after TFIID has bound.
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页码:2229 / 2240
页数:12
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