title: Transcription control by E1A and MAP kinase pathway via Sur2 mediator subunit.
abstract: Sur2 is a metazoan Mediator subunit that interacts with the adenovirus E1A protein and functions in a mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway required for vulva development in Caenorhabditis elegans. We generated sur2-/- embryonic stem cells to analyze its function as a mammalian Mediator component. Our results show that Sur2 forms a subcomplex of the Mediator with two other subunits, TRAP/Med100 and 95. Knock-out of Sur2 prevents activation by E1A-CR3 and the mitogen-activated protein kinase-regulated ETS transcription factor Elk-1, but not by multiple other transcription factors. These results imply that specific activation domains stimulate transcription by binding to distinct Mediator subunits. Activation by E1A and Elk-1 requires recruitment of Mediator to a promoter by binding to its Sur2 subunit.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 611 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Jennitte L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Greg T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Cantin
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shevchenko
authors.forename: Arnold J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017781:Genes, Immediate-Early; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D056892:Mediator Complex; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1
chemical_list: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494112:ELK1 protein, human; C494113:Elk1 protein, mouse; C492159:MED23 protein, human; D056892:Mediator Complex; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050807:ets-Domain Protein Elk-1; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases