title: Fluorescence-based analyses of the effects of full-length recombinant TAF130p on the interaction of TATA box-binding protein with TATA box DNA.
abstract: We have used a combination of fluorescence anisotropy spectroscopy and fluorescence-based native gel electrophoresis methods to examine the effects of the transcription factor IID-specific subunit TAF130p (TAF145p) upon the TATA box DNA binding properties of TATA box-binding protein (TBP). Purified full-length recombinant TAF130p decreases TBP-TATA DNA complex formation at equilibrium by competing directly with DNA for binding to TBP. Interestingly, we have found that full-length TAF130p is capable of binding multiple molecules of TBP with nanomolar binding affinity. The biological implications of these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0615, USA.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Banik
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beechem
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Klebanow
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011485:Protein Binding; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D016385:TATA Box; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C106785:TAF1 protein, S cerevisiae; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA