title: The TYE7 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a putative bHLH-LZ transcription factor required for Ty1-mediated gene expression.
abstract: In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, expression of a gene adjacent to the retrotransposon Ty1 is often mediated by Ty-internal sequences. We have identified novel mutants, tye7, which are affected in Ty1-mediated expression of ADH2 through a Ty1 sequence distal to the 5' long terminal repeat sequence. The TYE7 gene has been isolated and characterized. It encodes a 33 kDa protein whose N-terminal third is extremely rich in serine residues (28%). Within its C-terminal sequence, a remarkable similarity to Myc and Max proteins can be found. Thus, TYE7 is a potential member of the basic region/helix-loop-helix/leucine-zipper protein family. TYE7 function is not essential for growth. It may primarily function as a transcriptional activator in Ty1-mediated gene expression, as has been confirmed by the activation of reporter gene expression by a LexA-TYE7 hybrid protein. ADH2 activation by defined Ty1 derivatives revealed that TYE7 acts positively through the more distal Ty1 enhancer element (region D), and negatively in a region between A (the 5' proximal enhancer element) and D.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Löhning
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciriacy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C092673:TYE7 protein, S cerevisiae; D015534:Trans-Activators