title: Cloning and functional characterization of the gene encoding the TFIIIB90 subunit of RNA polymerase III transcription factor TFIIIB.
abstract: The yeast RNA polymerase III (pol III) general transcription factor TFIIIB is composed of three subunits; the TATA-binding protein (TBP)1, the TFIIB-related factor (BRF1), and a third factor termed TFIIIB90 or B". Here we report the purification of yeast TFIIIB90, cloning of the gene encoding TFIIIB90, and reconstitution of TFIIIB from recombinant polypeptides. The TFIIIB90 open reading frame encodes a 68-kDa polypeptide and has no obvious similarity to any other known protein sequences. The gene encoding TFIIIB90 is essential for viability of yeast. Using recombinant TFIIIB subunits, we found that TFIIIB90 interacts weakly with TBP in the absence of BRF1, and that this interaction is enhanced at least 25-fold by BRF1. In addition, TFIIIB90 showed pol III specificity as it could not interact with the pol II-specific TFIIB-TBP-DNA complex. To localize the regions of the TBP-DNA complex that interact with BRF1 and TFIIIB90, we tested whether the pol II factors TFIIA and TFIIB interfered with the binding of BRF1 and TFIIIB90 to TBP-DNA. Our results suggest that the binding sites for BRF1 and TFIIIB90 on TBP-DNA both overlap the binding sites for TFIIA and TFIIB.
authors.affiliation: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012320:RNA Polymerase III / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035361:Transcription Factor TFIIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C441028:BRF1 protein, human; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035361:Transcription Factor TFIIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012320:RNA Polymerase III