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Mol Cell Biol. 1988 September; 8(9): 3891-3897

Purification and characterization of TTFI, a factor that mediates termination of mouse ribosomal DNA transcription.

Institut für Biochemie, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

ABSTRACT

Termination of rRNA gene transcription is dependent on an 18-base-pair sequence motif, AGGTCGAC CAG AT TA NTCCG (the Sal box), which is present several times in the spacer region downstream of the 3' end of the pre-rRNA coding region. We report here the purification to molecular homogeneity of a nuclear factor which specifically interacts with the Sal box element. Addition of the isolated protein to S-100 extracts which contain low levels of the Sal box-binding protein and are therefore termination incompetent restores terminating activity, indicating that this protein is a polymerase I-specific transcription termination factor. The purified protein (termed TTFI) has a molecular weight of approximately 105,000 on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. Mild proteolysis generates a relatively protease-resistant core which still specifically recognizes its target sequence. However, the termination activity has been lost, suggesting that the interaction with the DNA and the interaction with the transcription apparatus reside in different protein domains.

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