title: Saccharomyces cerevisiae BUF protein binds to sequences participating in DNA replication in addition to those mediating transcriptional repression (URS1) and activation.
abstract: The heteromeric BUF protein was originally shown to bind to URS1 elements which are situated upstream of many genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mediate negative control of their transcription. Among the genes regulated through the URS1 site and the proteins interacting with it are those participating in carbon, nitrogen, and inositol metabolism; electron transport; meiosis; sporulation; and mating-type switching. We show here that pure BUF protein, in addition to binding to the negatively acting URS1 site, also binds to CAR1 sequences supporting transcriptional activation (upstream activation sequences). To determine the BUF protein structure, we cloned and sequenced the BUF1 and BUF2 genes and found them to be identical to the RF-A (RP-A) gene whose products participate in yeast DNA replication as single-stranded DNA binding proteins. These data argue that BUF protein-binding sites serve multiple roles in transcription and replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Luche
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marion
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tillman
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sumrada
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005804:Genes, Lethal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D051716:Replication Protein A; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C082728:RFA1 protein, S cerevisiae; C082727:RFA2 protein, S cerevisiae; D051716:Replication Protein A; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors