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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6718
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-25
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Activation of gene transcription in metazoans is a multistep process that is triggered by factors that recognize transcriptional enhancer sites in DNA. These factors work with co-activators to direct transcriptional initiation by the RNA polymerase II apparatus. One class of co-activator, the TAF(II) subunits of transcription factor TFIID, can serve as targets of activators and as proteins that recognize core promoter sequences necessary for transcription initiation. Transcriptional activation by enhancer-binding factors such as Sp1 requires TFIID, but the identity of other necessary cofactors has remained unknown. Here we describe a new human factor, CRSP, that is required together with the TAF(II)s for transcriptional activation by Sp1. Purification of CRSP identifies a complex of approximate relative molecular mass 700,000 (M(r) approximately 700K) that contains nine subunits with M(r) values ranging from 33K to 200K. Cloning of genes encoding CRSP subunits reveals that CRSP33 is a homologue of the yeast mediator subunit Med7, whereas CRSP150 contains a domain conserved in yeast mediator subunit Rgr1. CRSP p200 is identical to the nuclear hormone-receptor co-activator subunit TRIP2/PBP. CRSPs 34, 77 and 130 are new proteins, but the amino terminus of CRSP70 is homologous to elongation factor TFIIS. Immunodepletion studies confirm that these subunits have an essential cofactor function. The presence of common subunits in distinct cofactor complexes suggests a combinatorial mechanism of co-activator assembly during transcriptional activation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MED14 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MED7 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Macromolecular Substances, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mediator Complex, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sp1 Transcription Factor, 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
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
397
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
446-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Mediator Complex, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Sp1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Transcription Factor TFIID, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9989412-Transcription Factors, TFII
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The transcriptional cofactor complex CRSP is required for activity of the enhancer-binding protein Sp1.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, 94720-3204, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't