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Transcriptional repression by the Caenorhabditis elegans germ-line protein PIE-1.


ABSTRACT: In the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, maternally expressed PIE-1 protein is required in germ-line blastomeres to inhibit somatic differentiation, maintain an absence of mRNA transcription, and block phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II large subunit (Pol II) carboxy-terminal domain (CTD). We have determined that PIE-1 can function as a transcriptional repressor in cell culture assays. By fusing PIE-1 sequences to the yeast GAL4 DNA-binding domain, we have identified a PIE-1 repression domain that appears to inhibit the transcriptional machinery directly. A sequence element that is required for this repressor activity is similar to the Pol II CTD heptapeptide repeat, suggesting that the PIE-1 repression domain might target a protein complex that can bind the CTD. An alteration of this sequence element that blocks repression also impairs the ability of a transgene to rescue a pie-1 mutation, suggesting that this repressor activity may be important for PIE-1 function in vivo.

SUBMITTER: Batchelder C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC316391 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transcriptional repression by the Caenorhabditis elegans germ-line protein PIE-1.

Batchelder C C   Dunn M A MA   Choy B B   Suh Y Y   Cassie C C   Shim E Y EY   Shin T H TH   Mello C C   Seydoux G G   Blackwell T K TK  

Genes & development 19990101 2


In the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, maternally expressed PIE-1 protein is required in germ-line blastomeres to inhibit somatic differentiation, maintain an absence of mRNA transcription, and block phosphorylation of the RNA polymerase II large subunit (Pol II) carboxy-terminal domain (CTD). We have determined that PIE-1 can function as a transcriptional repressor in cell culture assays. By fusing PIE-1 sequences to the yeast GAL4 DNA-binding domain, we have identified a PIE-1 repression  ...[more]

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