title: Transcriptional activating regions target a cyclin-dependent kinase.
abstract: Several yeast activators are phosphorylated by SRB10, a cyclin-dependent kinase associated with the transcriptional machinery. Sites of phosphorylation are found outside the activating region in each case, and the modification has different physiological consequences in different cases. We show here that certain acidic transcriptional activating regions contact SRB10 as assayed both in vivo and in vitro. The interaction evidently positions each activator, as it activates transcription, so that it gets phosphorylated by SRB10, and thus a common mechanism targets disparate substrates to the kinase.
authors.affiliation: Program in Molecular Biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Aseem Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Sang Seok
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Zafar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bongards
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lehming
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ptashne
mesh_terms: D056850:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C052130:GAL4 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D056850:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; C498309:SSN3 protein, S cerevisiae; D012319:RNA Polymerase II