title: Isolation of a novel complex of the SWI/SNF family from Schizosaccharomyces pombe and its effects on in vitro transcription in nucleosome arrays.
abstract: The family of ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling factors plays a central role in eukaryotic transcriptional regulation. These complexes can alter the structure of chromatin by mechanisms that involve nucleosome sliding, dissociation, or replacement over a specific promoter. The SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex is required for transcriptional activation or repression in a subset of genes. In the present study we have isolated the spSWI/SNF complex from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which has at least seven subunits among them spSwi1-like and the catalytic subunit spBrg1. These subunits are homologues to Swi1 and Swi2/Snf2, respectively in Sacharomyces cerevisiae. Moreover, we have demonstrated that spSWI/SNF is able to promote in vitro transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) in a reconstituted system. In our transcription assays with cellular extracts of Sc. pombe we did not observe inhibition when alpha-Swi1 antibodies were utilized, indicating that other chromatin-remodeling complexes may allow transcription in Sc. pombe.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Biomedicina del Norte (CBN), Universidad Católica del Norte, Larrondo 1281, Coquimbo, Chile. gbernal@ucn.cl
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernal
authors.forename: Edio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maldonado
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009707:Nucleosomes / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002843:Chromatin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D006657:Histones; D009707:Nucleosomes; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C513096:swi1 protein, S pombe; C071570:SNF1-related protein kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D012319:RNA Polymerase II