Role for a Drosophila Myb-containing protein complex in site-specific DNA replication.
There is considerable interest in the developmental, temporal and tissue-specific patterns of DNA replication in metazoans. Site-specific DNA replication at the chorion loci in Drosophila follicle cells leads to extensive gene amplification, and the organization of the cis-acting DNA elements that regulate this process may provide a model for how such regulation is achieved. Two elements important for amplification of the third chromosome chorion gene cluster, ACE3 and Ori-beta, are directly bound by Orc (origin recognition complex), and two-dimensional gel analysis has revealed that the primary origin used is Ori-beta (refs 7-9). Here we show that the Drosophila homologue of the Myb (Myeloblastosis) oncoprotein family is tightly associated with four additional proteins, and that the complex binds site-specifically to these regulatory DNA elements. Drosophila Myb is required in trans for gene amplification, showing that a Myb protein is directly involved in DNA replication. A Drosophila Myb binding site, as well as the binding site for another Myb complex member (p120), is necessary in cis for replication of reporter transgenes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments localize both proteins to the chorion loci in vivo. These data provide evidence that specific protein complexes bound to replication enhancer elements work together with the general replication machinery for site-specific origin utilization during replication.
Beall
Eileen L
EL
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Manak
J Robert
JR
Zhou
Sharleen
S
Bell
Maren
M
Lipsick
Joseph S
JS
Botchan
Michael R
MR
D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D004261:DNA Replication; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000235:genetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb / Q000378:metabolism*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D018741:Replication Origin; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D019076:Transgenes / Q000235:genetics
D002843:Chromatin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051738:Origin Recognition Complex; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb