title: The human cytomegalovirus 86K immediate early (IE) 2 protein requires the basic region of the TATA-box binding protein (TBP) for binding, and interacts with TBP and transcription factor TFIIB via regions of IE2 required for transcriptional regulation.
abstract: The 86K immediate early (IE) 2 protein of human cytomegalovirus trans-activates a number of homologous and heterologous promoters, including the cellular promoter for the 70K heat-shock protein (hsp70), and the human immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat. We have previously shown that IE2 trans-activates these two promoters in a TATA-dependent manner, and that IE2 is able to form a direct contact with TATA-box binding protein (TBP) in vitro. We now show that IE2 binds to the basic repeat region of TBP. In addition IE2 can contact a second general transcription factor, TFIIB. We have mapped the TBP- and TFIIB-binding regions within IE2 and show that these regions overlap, and also lie within parts of the protein previously identified as being required for the trans-activation and autoregulation functions of IE2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, U.K.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caswell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hagemeier
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kouzarides
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sinclair
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators; D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C069186:IE2 protein, Cytomegalovirus; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators; D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors; C077406:UL115 protein, Human herpesvirus 5; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C071440:glycoprotein H, Cytomegalovirus; C499358:glycoprotein H, Human cytomegalovirus; C439068:glycoprotein O, cytomegalovirus