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Molecular and Cellular Biology, June 1999, p. 3951-3957, Vol. 19, No. 6
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
80523-1870,1 and Department of
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts 021152
Received 16 November 1998/Returned for modification 22 December
1998/Accepted 26 February 1999
Using an intragenic complementation screen, we have identified a
temperature-sensitive TATA-binding protein (TBP) mutant
(K151L,K156Y) that is defective for interaction with certain yeast
TBP-associated factors (TAFs) at the restrictive temperature. The
K151L,K156Y mutant appears to be functional for RNA polymerase I (Pol
I) and Pol III transcription, and it is capable of supporting
Gal4-activated and Gcn4-activated transcription by Pol II. However,
transcription from certain TATA-containing and TATA-less Pol II
promoters is reduced at the restrictive temperature.
Immunoprecipitation analysis of extracts prepared after culturing cells
at the restrictive temperature for 1 h indicates that the
K151L,K156Y derivative is severely compromised in its ability to
interact with TAF130, TAF90, TAF68/61, and TAF25 while remaining
functional for interaction with TAF60 and TAF30. Thus, a TBP mutant
that is compromised in its ability to form TFIID can support
the response to Gcn4 but is defective for transcription from
specific promoters in vivo.
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A TATA-Binding Protein Mutant Defective for
TFIID Complex Formation In Vivo
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Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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