title: Human TAFII31 protein is a transcriptional coactivator of the p53 protein.
abstract: The p53 protein activates transcription of a target gene by binding to a specific DNA response element and interacting with the transcriptional apparatus of RNA polymerase II. The amino-terminal domain of p53 interacts with a component of the TFIID basal transcription complex. The human TATA-binding-protein-associated factor TAFII31, a component of TFIID, has been identified as a critical protein required for p53-mediated transcriptional activation. TAFII31 and p53 proteins bind to each other via amino acid residues in the amino-terminal domain of p53 that are essential for transcription. Antibodies directed against TAFII31 protein inhibit p53-activated but not basal transcription in vitro. These results demonstrate that TAFII31 is a coactivator for the p53 protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ 08544-1014, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004330:Drosophila / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018411:Spodoptera; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C106849:TAF9 protein, human; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53