Identification of a transcriptional activation domain in yeast repressor activator protein 1 (Rap1) using an altered DNA-binding specificity variant
| Autor: | P. Anthony Weil, Amanda N Johnson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
endocrine system Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins Transcription Genetic Telomere-Binding Proteins Repressor Saccharomyces cerevisiae Biology Biochemistry Shelterin Complex 03 medical and health sciences Protein Domains Transcriptional regulation Gene Regulation Molecular Biology Gene Regulation of gene expression TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors 030102 biochemistry & molecular biology YY1 Cell Biology Fusion protein Cell biology DNA-Binding Proteins enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates) 030104 developmental biology Essential gene GATAD2B Transcription Factor TFIID Protein Binding Transcription Factors |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292:5705-5723 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9258 |
| DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.m117.779181 |
| Popis: | Repressor activator protein 1 (Rap1) performs multiple vital cellular functions in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. These include regulation of telomere length, transcriptional repression of both telomere-proximal genes and the silent mating type loci, and transcriptional activation of hundreds of mRNA-encoding genes, including the highly transcribed ribosomal protein- and glycolytic enzyme-encoding genes. Studies of the contributions of Rap1 to telomere length regulation and transcriptional repression have yielded significant mechanistic insights. However, the mechanism of Rap1 transcriptional activation remains poorly understood because Rap1 is encoded by a single copy essential gene and is involved in many disparate and essential cellular functions, preventing easy interpretation of attempts to directly dissect Rap1 structure-function relationships. Moreover, conflicting reports on the ability of Rap1-heterologous DNA-binding domain fusion proteins to serve as chimeric transcriptional activators challenge use of this approach to study Rap1. Described here is the development of an altered DNA-binding specificity variant of Rap1 (Rap1AS). We used Rap1AS to map and characterize a 41-amino acid activation domain (AD) within the Rap1 C terminus. We found that this AD is required for transcription of both chimeric reporter genes and authentic chromosomal Rap1 enhancer-containing target genes. Finally, as predicted for a bona fide AD, mutation of this newly identified AD reduced the efficiency of Rap1 binding to a known transcriptional coactivator TFIID-binding target, Taf5. In summary, we show here that Rap1 contains an AD required for Rap1-dependent gene transcription. The Rap1AS variant will likely also be useful for studies of the functions of Rap1 in other biological pathways. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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