title: Identification of the region in yeast S-II that defines species specificity in its interaction with RNA polymerase II.
abstract: Yeast S-II was found to stimulate yeast RNA polymerase II only and not mouse RNA polymerase II. To identify the molecular region of S-II that defines species specificity, we constructed six hybrid S-II molecules consisting of three regions from yeast and/or Ehrlich cell S-II and examined their activity in terms of RNA polymerase II specificity and suppression of 6-azauracil sensitivity in the yeast S-II null mutant. We found that the region 132-270 (amino acid positions) of yeast S-II is indispensable for specific interaction with yeast RNA polymerase II in vitro and for suppression of 6-azauracil sensitivity in vivo. The corresponding region of Ehrlich cell S-II, the region 132-262, was also shown to be essential for its interaction with mouse RNA polymerase II. This region is known to be less conserved than the N- and C-terminal regions in the S-II family suggesting that it is important in the interaction with transcription machinery proteins in a tissue and/or species-specific manner.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimoaraiso
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natori
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D035165:Transcription Factors, General; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014498:Uracil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D035165:Transcription Factors, General; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors; C018648:transcription factor S-II; D014498:Uracil; D012319:RNA Polymerase II; C100248:azauracil