title: Activator-mediated disruption of sequence-specific DNA contacts by the general transcription factor TFIIB.
abstract: The transcription factor TFIIB plays a central role in preinitiation complex assembly, providing a bridge between promoter-bound TFIID and RNA Polymerase II. TFIIB possesses sequence-specific DNA-binding ability and interacts with the TFIIB-recognition element (BRE), present in many promoters. Here we show that the BRE suppresses the basal level of transcription elicited by a core promoter, which increases the amplitude of transcriptional stimulation in the presence of an activator protein. Further, we find that an activator can disrupt the TFIIB-BRE interaction within a promoter-bound complex. Our results reveal a novel function for activators in the modulation of core promoter recognition by TFIIB.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fairley
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019175:DNA Methylation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D012319:RNA Polymerase II