title: The tail-module of yeast Mediator complex is required for telomere heterochromatin maintenance.
abstract: Eukaryotic chromosome ends have a DNA-protein complex structure termed telomere. Integrity of telomeres is essential for cell proliferation. Genome-wide screenings for telomere length maintenance genes identified several components of the transcriptional regulator, the Mediator complex. Our work provides evidence that Mediator is involved in telomere length regulation and telomere heterochromatin maintenance. Tail module of Mediator is required for telomere silencing by promoting or stabilizing Sir protein binding and spreading on telomeres. Mediator binds on telomere and may be a component of telomeric chromatin. Our study reveals a specific role of Mediator complex at the heterochromatic telomere and this function is specific to telomeres as it has no effect on the HMR locus.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Jin-Qiu
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D020868:Gene Silencing; D006570:Heterochromatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D056892:Mediator Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000089804:Shelterin Complex; D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism; D056565:Sirtuin 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D016615:Telomere / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D059505:Telomere Homeostasis; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006570:Heterochromatin; D006657:Histones; D056892:Mediator Complex; D021122:Protein Subunits; C440829:RAP1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000089804:Shelterin Complex; D038281:Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C087778:SIR2 protein, S cerevisiae; D056565:Sirtuin 2