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Mol Cell Biol, July 1998, p. 3803-3810, Vol. 18, No. 7
0270-7306/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Coactivation by OCA-B: Definition of Critical Regions and Synergism with General Cofactors

Yan Luo, Hui Ge,dagger Sean Stevens, Hua Xiao, and Robert G. Roeder*

Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6399

Received 2 February 1998/Returned for modification 20 March 1998/Accepted 22 April 1998

Molecular dissection of the B-cell-specific transcription coactivator OCA-B has revealed distinct regions important, respectively, for recruitment to immunoglobulin promoters through interaction with octamer-bound Oct-1 and for subsequent coactivator function. Further analysis of general coactivator requirements showed that selective removal of PC4 from the essential USA fraction severely impairs Oct-1 and OCA-B function in a cell-free system reconstituted with partially purified factors. Full activity can be restored by the combined action of recombinant PC4 and the PC4-depleted USA fraction, thus suggesting a joint requirement for PC4 and another, USA-derived component(s) for optimal function of Oct-1/OCA-B in the reconstituted system. Indeed, USA-derived PC2 was found to act synergistically with PC4 in reproducing the function of intact USA in the assay system. Consistent with the requirement for PC4 in the reconstituted system, OCA-B was found to interact directly with PC4. Surprisingly, however, removal of PC4 from the unfractionated nuclear extract has no detrimental effect on OCA-B/Oct-1-dependent transcription. These results lead to a general model for the synergistic function of activation domains in Oct-1 and OCA-B (mediated by the combined action of the multiple USA components) and, further, suggest a functional redundancy in general coactivators.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399. Phone: (212) 327-7600. Fax: (212) 327-7949. E-mail: roeder{at}rockvax.rockefeller.edu.

dagger Present address: Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-5431.

Mol Cell Biol, July 1998, p. 3803-3810, Vol. 18, No. 7
0270-7306/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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