title: Recruitment of an RNA polymerase II complex is mediated by the constitutive activation domain in CREB, independently of CREB phosphorylation.
abstract: The cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) is a bifunctional transcription activator, exerting its effects through a constitutive activation domain (CAD) and a distinct kinase inducible domain (KID), which requires phosphorylation of Ser-133 for activity. Both CAD and phospho-KID have been proposed to recruit polymerase complexes, but this has not been directly tested. Here, we show that the entire CREB activation domain or the CAD enhanced recruitment of a complex containing TFIID, TFIIB, and RNA polymerase II to a linked promoter. The nuclear extracts used mediated protein kinase A (PKA)-inducible transcription, but phosphorylation of CRG (both of the CREB activation domains fused to the Gal4 DNA binding domain) or KID-G4 did not mediate recruitment of a complex, and mutation of the PKA site in CRG abolished transcription induction by PKA but had no effect upon recruitment. The CREB-binding protein (CBP) was not detected in the recruited complex. Our results support a model for transcription activation in which the interaction between the CREB CAD and hTAFII130 of TFIID promotes the recruitment of a polymerase complex to the promoter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Felinski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050882:CREB-Binding Protein; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008954:Models, Biological; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D004247:DNA; D050882:CREB-Binding Protein; C494365:Crebbp protein, rat; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D012319:RNA Polymerase II