title: Enhancement of bacterial transcription initiation in vitro by the 74 kDa subunit of human general transcription factor IIF (RAP74).
abstract: The human general transcription factor IIF (TFIIF) is required for an accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II and shares some analogous features with the sigma subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase. As an attempt to analyze the function of TFIIF, we examined its effect on bacterial transcription in vitro. TFIIF significantly enhanced the initiation of transcription by the bacterial RNA polymerase while other general transcription factors, TATA-binding protein, TFIIB, and TFIIE, did not. The enhancement of the bacterial transcription was ascribed to the 74 kDa subunit of TFIIF (RAP74). RAP74 had an activity of enhancing the binding of the bacterial RNA polymerase to the promoter. The enhancing activity of RAP74 depended on a low molar ratio of the RNA polymerase to the template DNA. The action of RAP74 in the bacterial transcription may be related to a possible regulatory role of RAP74 in the eukaryotic transcription initiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chibazakura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yonaha
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasukochi
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002474:Cell-Free System; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C056604:transcription factor TFIIF