Histone folds mediate selective heterodimerization of yeast TAF(II)25 with TFIID components yTAF(II)47 and yTAF(II)65 and with SAGA component ySPT7.
We show that the yeast TFIID (yTFIID) component yTAF(II)47 contains a histone fold domain (HFD) with homology to that previously described for hTAF(II)135. Complementation in vivo indicates that the yTAF(II)47 HFD is necessary and sufficient for vegetative growth. Mutation of highly conserved residues in the alpha1 helix of the yTAF(II)47 HFD results in a temperature-sensitive phenotype which can be suppressed by overexpression of yTAF(II)25, as well as by yTAF(II)40, yTAF(II)19, and yTAF(II)60. In yeast two-hybrid and bacterial coexpression assays, the yTAF(II)47 HFD selectively heterodimerizes with yTAF(II)25, which we show contains an HFD with homology to the hTAF(II)28 family We additionally demonstrate that yTAF(II)65 contains a functional HFD which also selectively heterodimerizes with yTAF(II)25. These results reveal the existence of two novel histone-like pairs in yTFIID. The physical and genetic interactions described here show that the histone-like yTAF(II)s are organized in at least two substructures within TFIID rather than in a single octamer-like structure as previously suggested. Furthermore, our results indicate that ySPT7 has an HFD homologous to that of yTAF(II)47 which selectively heterodimerizes with yTAF(II)25, defining a novel histone-like pair in the SAGA complex.
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, Illkirch Cédex, C.U. de Strasbourg, France.
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Gangloff
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Sanders
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Romier
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Kirschner
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Weil
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Davidson
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002455:Cell Division; D019281:Dimerization; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry*; D007763:Lac Operon; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013696:Temperature; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
D006657:Histones; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C093107:SPT7 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D001616:beta-Galactosidase