title: Yeast Taf170 is encoded by MOT1 and exists in a TATA box-binding protein (TBP)-TBP-associated factor complex distinct from transcription factor IID.
abstract: Our characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae TATA box-binding protein (TBP) has led to the identification of nine specific yeast TBP-associated factors (TAFs) ranging in size from 170 to 25 kDa. The amino acid sequence derived from a purified TAF with an apparent M(r) of 170,000 indicates that yeast Taf170 is encoded by the essential yeast gene MOT1. We describe in this report a series of experiments that demonstrate that the protein encoded by MOT1 is a bona fide yeast TAF and that Taf170 forms a separate complex with TBP distinct from the RNA polymerase II-specific multisubunit transcription factor IID TBP-TAF complex. The significance of this unique TBP-Taf170 complex regarding transcriptional regulation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016385:TATA Box; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C073676:MOT1 protein, S cerevisiae; D004265:DNA Helicases