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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the CPF1 gene encodes a centromere binding protein that also plays a role in transcription; cpf1 strains are methionine auxotrophs. In this paper we describe four strains that are methionine prototrophs despite containing a defective CPF1 gene. These strains, which contain mutations at either the SPT21, RPD1 (SIN3), RPD3 or CCR4 loci, have defective centromere function and a chromatin structure around the CDEI elements in the MET25 promoter characteristic of strains lacking CPF1. This indicates that the roles of CPF1 in transcription, centromere function and chromatin modulation around CDEI sites are different. We propose that CPF1 functions to overcome the repressing action, mediated via inactive chromatin, of proteins such as SPT21 or RPD1 (SIN3) on gene expression. The absence of proteins such as SPT21 or RPD1 (SIN3) relieves this repression and explains how methionine prototrophy is restored in the absence of CPF1.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0026-8925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
240
pubmed:geneSymbol
CCR4, CPF1, MET25, RPD1, SIN3, SPT2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
374-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Centromere, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Methionine, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-RNA, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8413187-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
The centromere and promoter factor, 1, CPF1, of Saccharomyces cerevisiae modulates gene activity through a family of factors including SPT21, RPD1 (SIN3), RPD3 and CCR4.
pubmed:affiliation
Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't