title: Single-stranded DNA-protein binding in the procyclic acidic repetitive protein (PARP) promoter of Trypanosoma brucei.
abstract: We performed gel retardation analyses of DNA-protein interactions using DNA from the procyclic acidic repetitive protein (PARP) promoter of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei. The PARP genes of Trypanosoma brucei are transcribed in an alpha-amanitin resistant manner, and it has been proposed that RNA polymerase I, rather than RNA polymerase II, transcribes the PARP genes. Double-stranded restriction fragments containing the essential PARP-promoter regions bound only sequence-nonspecific nuclear factors, even though protein factors that bind specifically to double-stranded DNA from the snRNA U2 promoter were present in the extracts. In contrast, single-stranded DNA-binding proteins bound with high affinity, nucleotide-sequence and strand-specificity to the -69/-55 element and the coding and non-coding strands of the -37/-11 element.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Van der Ploeg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014643:Variant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosoma / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D014643:Variant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosoma; C053277:procyclic acidic repetitive protein, Trypanosoma