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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5488
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
Ubiquitination of histones has been linked to the complex processes that regulate the activation of eukaryotic transcription. However, the cellular factors that interpose this histone modification during the processes of transcriptional activation are not well characterized. A biochemical approach identified the Drosophila coactivator TAFII250, the central subunit within the general transcription factor TFIID, as a histone-specific ubiquitin-activating/conjugating enzyme (ubac). TAFII250 mediates monoubiquitination of histone H1 in vitro. Point mutations within the putative ubac domain of TAFII250 abolished H1-specific ubiquitination in vitro. In the Drosophila embryo, inactivation of the TAFII250 ubac activity reduces the cellular level of monoubiquitinated histone H1 and the expression of genes targeted by the maternal activator Dorsal. Thus, coactivator-mediated ubiquitination of proteins within the transactivation pathway may contribute to the processes directing activation of eukaryotic transcription.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histone Acetyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TATA-Binding Protein Associated..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TATA-binding protein associated..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factor TFIID, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, TFII, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ubiquitins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/dl (dorsal) protein, Drosophila
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
289
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2357-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Acetyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Histone Acetyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Histones, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-TATA Box, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Transcription Factor TFIID, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Transcription Factors, TFII, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:11009423-Ubiquitins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Ubiquitin-activating/conjugating activity of TAFII250, a mediator of activation of gene expression in Drosophila.
pubmed:affiliation
Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't