title: Mitotic regulation of a TATA-binding-protein-containing complex.
abstract: The mitotic state is associated with a generalized repression of transcription. We show that mitotic repression of RNA polymerase III transcription can be reproduced by using extracts of synchronized HeLa cells. We have used this system to investigate the molecular basis of transcriptional repression during mitosis. We find a specific decrease in the activity of the TATA-binding-protein (TBP)-containing complex TFIIIB. TBP itself is hyperphosphorylated at mitosis, but this does not appear to account for the loss of TFIIIB activity. Instead, one or more TBP-associated components appear to be regulated. The data suggest that changes in the activity of TBP-associated components contribute to the coordinate repression of gene expression that occurs at mitosis.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome/CRC Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Downes
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004258:DNA Polymerase III / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008938:Mitosis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D006656:Protamine Kinase / Q000032:analysis; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D016385:TATA Box; D035361:Transcription Factor TFIIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D035361:Transcription Factor TFIIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors; D006656:Protamine Kinase; D004258:DNA Polymerase III