title: In vivo requirement of activator-specific binding targets of mediator.
abstract: There has been no unequivocal demonstration that the activator binding targets identified in vitro play a key role in transcriptional activation in vivo. To examine whether activator-Mediator interactions are required for gene transcription under physiological conditions, we performed functional analyses with Mediator components that interact specifically with natural yeast activators. Different activators interact with Mediator via distinct binding targets. Deletion of a distinct activator binding region of Mediator completely compromised gene activation in vivo by some, but not all, transcriptional activators. These demonstrate that the activator-specific targets in Mediator are essential for transcriptional activation in living cells, but their requirement was affected by the nature of the activator-DNA interaction and the existence of a postrecruitment activation process.
authors.affiliation: Genome Regulation Center, Creative Research Initiative, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65 / Q000378:metabolism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D056892:Mediator Complex; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C058337:GAL11 protein, S cerevisiae; C052130:GAL4 protein, S cerevisiae; D017405:Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D056892:Mediator Complex; C082148:SRB4 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D011494:Protein Kinases; D012319:RNA Polymerase II