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Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2004, p. 4104-4117, Vol. 24, No. 10
0270-7306/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4104-4117.2004

An Array of Coactivators Is Required for Optimal Recruitment of TATA Binding Protein and RNA Polymerase II by Promoter-Bound Gcn4p

Hongfang Qiu, Cuihua Hu, Sungpil Yoon, Krishnamurthy Natarajan,{dagger} Mark J. Swanson,{ddagger} and Alan G. Hinnebusch*

Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Received 28 October 2003/ Returned for modification 5 December 2003/ Accepted 23 February 2004

Wild-type transcriptional activation by Gcn4p is dependent on multiple coactivators, including SAGA, SWI/SNF, Srb mediator, CCR4-NOT, and RSC, which are all recruited by Gcn4p to its target promoters in vivo. It was not known whether these coactivators are required for assembly of the preinitiation complex (PIC) or for subsequent steps in the initiation or elongation phase of transcription. We find that mutations in subunits of these coactivators reduce the recruitment of TATA binding protein (TBP) and RNA polymerase II (Pol II) by Gcn4p at ARG1, ARG4, and SNZ1, implicating all five coactivators in PIC assembly at Gcn4p target genes. Recruitment of Pol II at SNZ1 and ARG1 was eliminated by mutations in TBP or by deletion of the TATA box, indicating that TBP binding is a prerequisite for Pol II recruitment by Gcn4p. However, several mutations in SAGA subunits and deletion of SRB10 had a greater impact on promoter occupancy of Pol II versus TBP, suggesting that SAGA and Srb mediator can promote Pol II binding independently of their stimulatory effects on TBP recruitment. Our results reveal an unexpected complexity in the cofactor requirements for the enhancement of PIC assembly by a single activator protein.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: NIH, Building 6A/Room B1A-13, Bethesda, MD 20892. Phone: (301) 496-4480. Fax: (301) 496-6828. E-mail: ahinnebusch{at}nih.gov.

{dagger} Present address: School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.

{ddagger} Present address: School of Biological Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272-3045.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2004, p. 4104-4117, Vol. 24, No. 10
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4104-4117.2004




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