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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Proper ovarian development requires the cell type-specific transcription factor TAF4b, a subunit of the core promoter recognition complex TFIID. We present the 35 A structure of a cell type-specific core promoter recognition complex containing TAF4b and TAF4 (4b/4-IID), which is responsible for directing transcriptional synergy between c-Jun and Sp1 at a TAF4b target promoter. As a first step toward correlating potential structure/function relationships of the prototypic TFIID versus 4b/4-IID, we have compared their 3D structures by electron microscopy and single-particle reconstruction. These studies reveal that TAF4b incorporation into TFIID induces an open conformation at the lobe involved in TFIIA and putative activator interactions. Importantly, this open conformation correlates with differential activator-dependent transcription and promoter recognition by 4b/4-IID. By combining functional and structural analysis, we find that distinct localized structural changes in a megadalton macromolecular assembly can significantly alter its activity and lead to a TAF4b-induced reprogramming of promoter specificity.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
81-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18206971-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Imaging, Three-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Protein Interaction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Sp1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Transcription Factor TFIIA, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Transcription Factor TFIID, pubmed-meshheading:18206971-Transcriptional Activation
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural changes in TAF4b-TFIID correlate with promoter selectivity.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Li Ka-Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural