title: Identification of three mammalian proteins that bind to the yeast TATA box protein TFIID.
abstract: The TATA box binding transcription factor TFIID of S. cerevisiae was used as a ligand for affinity chromatography. Polypeptides that bind specifically to yeast TFIID (TFIID-associated proteins, DAPs) were purified from human HeLa (heDAPs) and calf thymus (ctDAPs) whole cell extracts. Both heDAP and ctDAP fractions altered the binding of TFIID to the TATA element, and substituted for the TFIIA transcription activity in a reconstituted in vitro system. The heDAP fraction also behaved like TFIIA in its ability to form a promoter-TFIID-TFIIA complex and to recruit TFIIB to such a complex. The interaction of DAPs with TFIID can confer heat-resistance (47 degrees C) on recombinant yeast or human TFIID. SDS-PAGE analysis revealed that three polypeptides from HeLa extracts specifically bound to yTFIID columns (heDAP35, heDAP21, and heDAP12). These data suggest that a multi-subunit transcription factor with the properties of TFIIA can bind to TFIID in the absence of DNA.
authors.affiliation: Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Ontario.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coulombe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Killeen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liljelund
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ingles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenblatt
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D016385:TATA Box / Q000235:genetics*; D035561:Transcription Factor TFIIA; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D035561:Transcription Factor TFIIA; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors