title: Binding of basal transcription factor TFIIH to the acidic activation domains of VP16 and p53.
abstract: Acidic transcriptional activation domains function well in both yeast and mammalian cells, and some have been shown to bind the general transcription factors TFIID and TFIIB. We now show that two acidic transactivators, herpes simplex virus VP16 and human p53, directly interact with the multisubunit human general transcription factor TFIIH and its Saccharomyces cerevisiae counterpart, factor b. The VP16- and p53-binding domains in these factors lie in the p62 subunit of TFIIH and in the homologous subunit, TFB1, of factor b. Point mutations in VP16 that reduce its transactivation activity in both yeast and mammalian cells weaken its binding to both yeast and human TFIIH. This suggests that binding of activation domains to TFIIH is an important aspect of transcriptional activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coulombe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Truant
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Regier
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Triezenberg
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reinberg
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ingles
mesh_terms: D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D018139:Simplexvirus; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C490039:TAF6 protein, S cerevisiae; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D014764:Viral Proteins; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH