ADR1-Mediated Transcriptional Activation Requires the Presence of an Intact TFIID Complex
Abstract
The yeast transcriptional activator ADR1, which is required forADH2 and other genes’ expression, contains four transactivation domains (TADs). While previous studies have shown that these TADs act through GCN5 and ADA2, and presumably TFIIB, other factors are likely to be involved in ADR1 function. In this study, we addressed the question of whether TFIID is also required for ADR1 action. In vitro binding studies indicated that TADI of ADR1 was able to retain TAFII90 from yeast extracts and TADII could retain TBP and TAFII130/145. TADIV, however, was capable of retaining multiple TAFIIs, suggesting that TADIV was binding TFIID from yeast whole-cell extracts. The ability of TADIV truncation derivatives to interact with TFIID correlated with their transcription activation potential in vivo. In addition, the ability of LexA-ADR1-TADIV to activate transcription in vivo was compromised by a mutation in TAFII130/145. ADR1 was found to associate in vivo with TFIID in that immunoprecipitation of either TAFII90 or TBP from yeast whole-cell extracts specifically coimmunoprecipitated ADR1. Most importantly, depletion of TAFII90 from yeast cells dramatically reducedADH2 derepression. These results indicate that ADR1 physically associates with TFIID and that its ability to activate transcription requires an intact TFIID complex.
Publication Date
10-1998
Journal Title
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Scientific Contribution Number
1993
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Komarnitsky, Philip B.; Klebanow, Edward R.; Weil, P Anthony; and Denis, Clyde L., "ADR1-Mediated Transcriptional Activation Requires the Presence of an Intact TFIID Complex" (1998). Molecular and Cellular Biology. 239.
https://scholars.unh.edu/nhaes/239