title: Identification of Schizosaccharomyces pombe transcription factor PGA4, which binds cooperatively to Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL4-binding sites.
abstract: When the DNA-binding site for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcription activator GAL4 is placed upstream of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe ADH1 TATA box, transcription of the ADH1 gene is activated in S. pombe in vivo by an endogenous transcription factor. In vitro studies show that this S. pombe protein, PGA4, binds specifically to DNA containing a GAL4 site and that when two GAL4 sites are present, this protein binds cooperatively. Cooperating binding of PGA4 to DNA is favored if the GAL4 sites are separated by an integral number of turns of the DNA helix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ruden
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000235:genetics*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C052130:GAL4 protein, S cerevisiae; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors