title: Prodos is a conserved transcriptional regulator that interacts with dTAF(II)16 in Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: The transcription factor TFIID is a multiprotein complex that includes the TATA box binding protein (TBP) and a number of associated factors, TAF(II). Prodos (PDS) is a conserved protein that exhibits a histone fold domain (HFD). In yeast two-hybrid tests using PDS as bait, we cloned the Drosophila TAF(II), dTAF(II)16, as a specific PDS target. dTAF(II)16 is closely related to human TAF(II)30 and to another recently discovered Drosophila TAF, dTAF(II)24. PDS and dTAF(II)24 do not interact, however, thus establishing a functional difference between these dTAFs. The PDS-dTAF(II)16 interaction is mediated by the HFD motif in PDS and the N terminus in dTAF(II)16, as indicated by yeast two-hybrid assays with protein fragments. Luciferase-reported transcription tests in transfected cells show that PDS or an HFD-containing fragment activates transcription only with the help of dTAF(II)16 and TBP. Consistent with this, the eye phenotype of flies expressing a sev-Ras1 construct is modulated by PDS and dTAF(II)16 in a gene dosage-dependent manner. Finally, we show that PDS function is required for cell viability in somatic mosaics. These findings indicate that PDS is a novel transcriptional coactivator that associates with a member of the general transcription factor TFIID.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Cajal, C.S.I.C., Madrid 28002, Spain.
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authors.lastname: Hernández-Hernández
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authors.lastname: Ferrús
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000737:chemistry / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005123:Eye / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C405016:Taf10b protein, Drosophila; C418995:Taf8 protein, Drosophila; D015534:Trans-Activators; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII