Isoform-specific interaction of HP1 with human TAFII130.
The general transcription factor TFIID facilitates recruitment of the transcription machinery to gene promoters and regulates initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. hTAF(II)130, a component of TFIID, interacts with and serves as a coactivator for multiple transcriptional regulatory proteins, including Sp1 and CREB. A yeast two-hybrid screen has identified an interaction between hTAF(II)130 and heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), a chromatin-associated protein whose function has been implicated in gene silencing. We find that hTAF(II)130 associates with HP1 in an isoform-specific manner: HP1alpha and HP1gamma bind to hTAF(II)130, but not HP1beta. In addition, we show that endogenous hTAF(II)130 and components of TFIID in HeLa nuclear extracts associate with glutathione S-transferase-HP1alpha and -HP1gamma. hTAF(II)130 possesses a pentapeptide HP1-binding motif, and mutation of the hTAF(II)130 HP1 box compromises the interaction of hTAF(II)130 with HP1. We demonstrate that Gal4-HP1 proteins interfere with hTAF(II)130-mediated activation of transcription. Our results suggest that HP1alpha and HP1gamma associate with hTAF(II)130 to mediate repression of transcription, supporting a new model of transcriptional repression involving a specific interaction between a component of TFIID and chromatin.
Vassallo
Milo F
MF
Department of Microbiology and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Tanese
Naoko
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D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D000090266:Chromobox Protein Homolog 5; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
C000715593:CBX1 protein, human; C000715594:CBX5 protein, human; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C101882:TAF4 protein, human; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000090266:Chromobox Protein Homolog 5; D005982:Glutathione Transferase