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Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 1999, p. 412-423, Vol. 19, No. 1
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Testing for DNA Tracking by MOT1, a SNF2/SWI2 Protein Family Member

David T. Auble* and Susanne M. Steggerda

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health Science Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

Received 10 July 1998/Returned for modification 27 August 1998/Accepted 13 October 1998

Proteins in the SNF2/SWI2 family use ATP hydrolysis to catalyze rearrangements in diverse protein-DNA complexes. How ATP hydrolysis is coupled to these rearrangements is unknown, however. One attractive model is that these ATPases are ATP-dependent DNA-tracking enzymes. This idea was tested for the SNF2/SWI2 protein family member MOT1. MOT1 is an essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcription factor that uses ATP to dissociate TATA binding protein (TBP) from DNA. By using a series of DNA templates with one or two TATA boxes in combination with binding sites for heterologous DNA binding "roadblock" proteins, the ability of MOT1 to track along DNA was assayed. The results demonstrate that, following ATP-dependent TBP-DNA dissociation, MOT1 dissociates rapidly from the DNA by a mechanism that does not require a DNA end. Template commitment footprinting experiments support the conclusion that ATP-dependent DNA tracking by MOT1 does not occur. These results support a model in which MOT1 drives TBP-DNA dissociation by a mechanism that involves a transient, ATP-dependent interaction with TBP-DNA which does not involve ATP-dependent DNA tracking.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health Science Center, Box 440, Charlottesville, VA 22908. Phone: (804) 243-2629. Fax: (804) 924-5069. E-mail: dta4n{at}virginia.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 1999, p. 412-423, Vol. 19, No. 1
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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