title: Role of the Ada2 and Ada3 transcriptional coactivators in histone acetylation.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that the transcriptional coactivator protein Gcn5 functions as a catalytic histone acetyltransferase (HAT). In this work, we examine the roles of the Ada2 and Ada3 coactivator proteins that are functionally linked to Gcn5. We show that yeast Ada2, Ada3, and Gcn5 form a catalytic core of the ADA and Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase HAT complexes, which is necessary and sufficient in vitro for nucleosomal HAT activity and lysine specificity of the intact HAT complexes. We also demonstrate that Ada3 is necessary for Gcn5-dependent nucleosomal HAT activity in yeast extracts. Our results suggest that Ada2 potentiates the Gcn5 catalytic activity and that Ada3 facilitates nucleosomal acetylation and an expanded lysine specificity.
authors.affiliation: Center for Gene Regulation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-1014, USA.
authors.forename: Ramakrishnan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balasubramanian
authors.forename: Marilyn G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pray-Grant
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Selleck
authors.forename: Patrick A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002384:Catalysis; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism*; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor
chemical_list: D000123:Acetyltransferases; D002843:Chromatin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006657:Histones; D008239:Lysine; D009707:Nucleosomes; D010455:Peptides; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011506:Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C090575:ADA2 protein, S cerevisiae; C083323:NGG1 protein, S cerevisiae; C501392:GCN5 protein, S cerevisiae; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor