title: Cloning of an intrinsic human TFIID subunit that interacts with multiple transcriptional activators.
abstract: TFIID is a multisubunit protein complex comprised of the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and multiple TBP-associated factors (TAFs). The TAFs in TFIID are essential for activator-dependent transcription. The cloning of a complementary DNA encoding a human TFIID TAF, TAFII55, that has no known homolog in Drosophila TFIID is now described. TAFII55 is shown to interact with the largest subunit (TAFII230) of human TFIID through its central region and with multiple activators--including Sp1, YY1, USF, CTF, adenoviral E1A, and human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 Tat proteins--through a distinct amino-terminal domain. The TAFII55-interacting region of Sp1 was localized to its DNA-binding domain, which is distinct from the glutamine-rich activation domains previously shown to interact with Drosophila TAFII110. Thus, this human TFIID TAF may be a co-activator that mediates a response to multiple activators through a distinct mechanism.
authors: Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Chiang
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Roeder
mesh_terms: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051720:Upstream Stimulatory Factors; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor
chemical_list: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D015696:Gene Products, tat; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; C091537:TAF7 protein, human; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; C497181:USF1 protein, human; D051720:Upstream Stimulatory Factors; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor; C494698:YY1 protein, human