The human homologue of the yeast DNA repair and TFIIH regulator MMS19 is an AF-1-specific coactivator of estrogen receptor.
Steroid/nuclear hormone receptors are ligand-dependent transcriptional regulators that control gene expression in a wide array of biological processes. The transcriptional activity of the receptors is mediated by an N-terminal ligand-independent transcriptional activation function AF-1 and a C-terminal ligand-dependent transcriptional activation function AF-2. The nuclear receptor coactivator RAC3 (also known as AIB1/ACTR/pCIP/TRAM-1/SRC-3) is amplified in breast cancer cells, where it forms a complex with estrogen receptor (ER) and enhances AF-2 activity of the receptor. Here, we identify a putative human homologue of the yeast DNA repair and transcriptional regulator MMS19 as a RAC3-interacting protein. The human MMS19 interacts with the N-terminal PAS-A/B domain of RAC3 in vivo and in vitro through a conserved C-terminal domain. Interestingly, the human MMS19 also interacts with estrogen receptors in a ligand-independent manner but not with retinoic acid receptor or thyroid hormone receptor. Overexpression of the interacting domain of hMMS19 strongly inhibits ER-mediated transcriptional activation, indicating a dominant negative activity. In contrast, over expression of the full-length hMMS19 enhances ER-mediated transcriptional activation. We find that hMMS19 stimulates the AF-1 activity of ERalpha, but not the AF-2 activity, suggesting that hMMS19 may be an AF-1-specific transcriptional coactivator of estrogen receptor.
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004260:DNA Repair; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3; D011506:Proteins; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D017471:Receptors, Interferon / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D015003:Yeasts / Q000235:genetics
D005656:Fungal Proteins; C086185:IFNGR2 protein, human; C103317:MET18 protein, S cerevisiae; C416322:MMS19 protein, human; D011506:Proteins; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C490039:TAF6 protein, S cerevisiae; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3