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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
A subunit of the Drosophila RNA polymerase III transcription factor IIIB (TFIIIB) complex has been identified using antibodies directed against the analogous human protein, hIIIB90. This protein has an apparent molecular mass of 105 kDa and has been designated dTAFIII105. Drosophila S-2 cell extracts that were immunodepleted of dTAFIII105 were substantially reduced in their capacity to support tRNA gene transcription. A protein (far Western) blot analysis revealed that dTAFIII105, present in a TFIIIB fraction, directly interacts with TATA-binding protein (TBP). Coimmunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that this protein associates with TBP in S-2 cell extracts. Our previous studies have identified a mutation at position 332 within Drosophila TBP that changes a highly conserved arginine residue to a histidine residue, which renders it specifically defective in its ability to support RNA polymerase III transcription in S-2 cells (Trivedi, A., Vilalta, A., Gopalan, S., and Johnson, D. L. (1996) Mol. Cell. Biol. 16, 6909-6916). We further demonstrate that extracts prepared from a stable cell line expressing epitope-tagged wild-type TBP exhibit an increase in tRNA gene transcription, whereas extracts derived from cells expressing the mutant TBP protein do not. Coimmunoprecipitation assays and far Western blot analysis demonstrate that this mutation in TBP abolishes its ability to stably interact with dTAFIII105. Thus, we have identified both a Drosophila protein that is directly associated with TBP in the TFIIIB complex, dTAFIII105, and an amino acid residue within the highly conserved carboxyl-terminal region of TBP that is critical for dTAFIII105-TBP interactions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18087-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Chromatography, Ion Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-RNA Polymerase III, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Sequence Tagged Sites, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-TATA Box, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-TATA-Box Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Transcription Factor TFIIIB, pubmed-meshheading:9218440-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
An RNA polymerase III-defective mutation in TATA-binding protein disrupts its interaction with a transcription factor IIIB subunit in drosophila cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't