title: The novel SLIK histone acetyltransferase complex functions in the yeast retrograde response pathway.
abstract: The SAGA complex is a conserved histone acetyltransferase-coactivator that regulates gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. SAGA contains a number of subunits known to function in transcription including Spt and Ada proteins, the Gcn5 acetyltransferase, a subset of TATA-binding-protein-associated factors (TAF(II)s), and Tra1. Here we report the identification of SLIK (SAGA-like), a complex related in composition to SAGA. Notably SLIK uniquely contains the protein Rtg2, linking the function of SLIK to the retrograde response pathway. Yeast harboring mutations in both SAGA and SLIK complexes displays synthetic phenotypes more severe than those of yeast with mutation of either complex alone. We present data indicating that distinct forms of the SAGA complex may regulate specific subsets of genes and that SAGA and SLIK have multiple partly overlapping activities, which play a critical role in transcription by RNA polymerase II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Marilyn G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pray-Grant
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schieltz
authors.forename: Stacey J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Erin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Jerry L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Workman
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Patrick A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D003470:Culture Media; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C083323:NGG1 protein, S cerevisiae; D021122:Protein Subunits; C079379:RTG2 protein, S cerevisiae; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C093107:SPT7 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases