title: DA-complex assembly activity required for VP16C transcriptional activation.
abstract: One class of transcriptional activation domains stimulates the concerted binding of TFIIA and TFIID to promoter DNA. To test whether this DA-complex assembly activity contributes significantly to the overall mechanism of activation in vivo, we analyzed mutants of the 38-amino-acid residue VP16C activation subdomain from herpes simplex virus. An excellent correlation was observed between the in vivo activation function of these mutants and their in vitro DA-complex assembly activity. Mutants severely defective for in vivo activation also showed reduced in vitro binding to native TFIIA. No significant correlation between in vivo activation function and in vitro binding to human TATA binding protein, human TFIIB, or Drosophila melanogaster TAFII40 was observed for this set of VP16C mutants. These results argue that the ability of VP16C to increase the rate and extent of DA-complex assembly makes a significant contribution to the overall mechanism of transcriptional activation in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1570, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Triezenberg
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035561:Transcription Factor TFIIA; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65; D010455:Peptides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035561:Transcription Factor TFIIA; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH