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The TATA-binding protein is not an essential target of the transcriptional activators Gal4p and Gcn4p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.


ABSTRACT: According to the recruitment model, transcriptional activators work by increasing the local concentration of one or several limiting factors for the transcription process at the target promoter. The TATA-binding protein Tbp1 has been considered as a likely candidate for such a limiting factor. We have used a series of Gal4p and Tbp1 mutants to correlate the in vivo interaction between the two proteins with the strength of activation. We find a clear correlation between activation strength and in vivo interaction for the series of Gal4p mutants. Consistently, the weaker activator Gcn4p does not interact with Tbp1. However, a corresponding analysis of the series of Tbp1 mutants revealed that Tbp1 is not an essential target of the acidic activators Gal4p and Gcn4p. Furthermore, detailed analysis of a Tbp1 mutant deficient for transcriptional activation by Gal4p revealed that the mutant is defective in interactions with five other proteins involved in the process of transcription.

SUBMITTER: Bongards C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1223154 | biostudies-other | 2003 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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