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Mol Cell Biol. 1993 January; 13(1): 63-71

SPT13 (GAL11) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae negatively regulates activity of the MCM1 transcription factor in Ty1 elements.

Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.

ABSTRACT

The Ty transposable elements of Saccharomyces cerevisiae consist of a single large transcription unit whose expression is controlled by a combination of upstream and downstream regulatory sequences. Errede (B. Errede, Mol. Cell. Biol. 13:57-62, 1993) has shown that among the downstream control sequences is a binding site for the transcription factor, MCM1. A small restriction fragment containing the Ty1 MCM1-binding site exhibits very weak activation of heterologous gene expression. The absence of SPT13 (GAL11) causes a dramatic increase in activity directed by these sequences. This effect is mediated through the MCM1-binding site itself. MCM1 mRNA and protein levels, as well as its affinity for its binding site, are unchanged in the absence of SPT13. Our results suggest that SPT13 has a role in the negative control of MCM1 activity that is likely to be posttranslational. A role for SPT13 in the negative regulation of the activity of the Ty1 MCM1-binding site is consistent with our previous proposal that spt13-mediated suppression of Ty insertion mutations could be attributed to the loss of negative regulation of genes adjacent to Ty elements.

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