title: Characterization of the N-terminal domain of the yeast transcriptional repressor Tup1. Proposal for an association model of the repressor complex Tup1 x Ssn6.
abstract: The yeast Tup1 and Ssn6 proteins form a transcriptional repression complex that represses transcription of a broad array of genes. It has been shown that the N-terminal domain of the Tup1 protein interacts with a region of the Ssn6 protein that consists of 10 tandem copies of a tetratricopeptide motif. In this work, we use a surface plasmon resonance assay to measure the affinity of the N-terminal domain of Tup1 for a minimal 3-TPR domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ssn6 that is sufficient for binding to Tup1. This domain of Ssn6 binds with comparable affinity to S. cerevisiae and Candida albicans Tup1, but with 100-fold lower affinity to Tup1 protein containing a point mutation that gives rise to a defect in repression in vivo. Results from studies using analytical ultracentrifugation, CD spectroscopy, limited proteolysis, and (1)H NMR show that this domain of Tup1 is primarily alpha-helical and forms a stable tetramer that is highly nonglobular in shape. X-ray diffraction recorded from poorly ordered crystals of the Tup1 tetramerization domain contains fiber diffraction typical of a coiled coil. Our results are used to propose a model for the structure of the N-terminal domain of Tup1 and its interaction with the Ssn6 protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jabet
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Sprague
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: VanDemark
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wolberger
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002176:Candida albicans; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013045:Species Specificity; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D014461:Ultracentrifugation
chemical_list: C065455:CYC8 protein, S cerevisiae; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C066502:TUP1 protein, S cerevisiae