scholarly journals Initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II is limited by melting of the promoter DNA in the region immediately upstream of the initiation site.

1994 ◽  
Vol 269 (48) ◽  
pp. 30101-30104
Author(s):  
G Pan ◽  
J Greenblatt
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Initiation Site ◽  
Initiation Of Transcription ◽  
Promoter Dna

Initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase II

1989 ◽  
Vol 1009 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred H. Mermelstein ◽  
Osvaldo Flores ◽  
Danny Reinberg
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Initiation Of Transcription

Transcription initiation from the dihydrofolate reductase promoter is positioned by HIP1 binding at the initiation site

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 653-661
Author(s):  
A L Means ◽  
P J Farnham
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Dihydrofolate Reductase ◽  
Transcription Initiation ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Initiation Site ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
Sequence Element ◽  
Initiator Element

We have identified a sequence element that specifies the position of transcription initiation for the dihydrofolate reductase gene. Unlike the functionally analogous TATA box that directs RNA polymerase II to initiate transcription 30 nucleotides downstream, the positioning element of the dihydrofolate reductase promoter is located directly at the site of transcription initiation. By using DNase I footprint analysis, we have shown that a protein binds to this initiator element. Transcription initiated at the dihydrofolate reductase initiator element when 28 nucleotides were inserted between it and all other upstream sequences, or when it was placed on either side of the DNA helix, suggesting that there is no strict spatial requirement between the initiator and an upstream element. Although neither a single Sp1-binding site nor a single initiator element was sufficient for transcriptional activity, the combination of one Sp1-binding site and the dihydrofolate reductase initiator element cloned into a plasmid vector resulted in transcription starting at the initiator element. We have also shown that the simian virus 40 late major initiation site has striking sequence homology to the dihydrofolate reductase initiation site and that the same, or a similar, protein binds to both sites. Examination of the sequences at other RNA polymerase II initiation sites suggests that we have identified an element that is important in the transcription of other housekeeping genes. We have thus named the protein that binds to the initiator element HIP1 (Housekeeping Initiator Protein 1).

Initiation by RNA polymerase II and formation of runoff transcripts containing unblocked and unmethylated 5' termini

1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 2172-2179
Author(s):  
H Ernst ◽  
W Filipowicz ◽  
A J Shatkin
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Atp Hydrolysis ◽  
Beta Globin ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Whole Cell Lysate ◽  
Cell Lysate ◽  
Promoter Dna ◽  
Gamma S ◽  
Made In

Transcription of cloned adenovirus, beta-globin, and retrovirus long terminal repeat DNAs in HeLa whole-cell lysate was inhibited by S-adenosylhomocysteine. However, full-length 1.7-kilobase transcripts made on adenovirus 2 late promoter DNA contained 5'-terminal GpppA, consistent with specific initiation and runoff synthesis in the absence of product methylation. Formation of runoff transcripts including retrovirus RNAs that normally contain 5'-m7GpppGmpC was not decreased by replacing GTP with non-hydrolyzable analogs, and Rous-associated virus-2 runoff products made in the presence of GTP-gamma-S contained 5'-terminal gamma-S-pppGpC. The results indicate that capping and specific transcript synthesis by RNA polymerase II are not obligatorily linked in HeLa whole-cell lysate. Accurate initiation is dependent on ATP hydrolysis, and in contrast to GTP, replacement of ATP by 5'-adenylyl-imidodiphosphate blocked specific initiation of transcripts that start with either GTP (Rous-associated virus-2, Rous-associated virus-0) or ATP (beta-globin, adenovirus).

Mechanism of RNA polymerase II-specific initiation of transcription in vitro: ATP requirement and uncapped runoff transcripts

Cell ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 877-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bunick ◽  
Ruben Zandomeni ◽  
Steven Ackerman ◽  
Roberto Weinmann
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Initiation Of Transcription ◽  
Transcription In Vitro

scholarly journals Factors involved in specific transcription by mammalian RNA polymerase II: purification, genetic specificity, and TATA box-promoter interactions of TFIID.

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 4028-4040 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Nakajima ◽  
M Horikoshi ◽  
R G Roeder
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Nuclear Extract ◽  
Initiation Site ◽  
Dnase I ◽  
Hsp 70 ◽  
Exonuclease Iii ◽  
Nuclear Extracts ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Hypersensitive Sites

Selective and accurate transcription of purified genes by RNA polymerase II requires multiple factors. The factor designated TFIID was purified extensively from HeLa cell nuclear extracts by using a simple and novel complementation assay. Thus, TFIID was preferentially inactivated by mild heat treatment of a nuclear extract, and supplementation of the heat-treated extract with TFIID-containing fractions restored adenovirus major late (ML) promoter-dependent transcription. By using this assay, TFIID was purified approximately 300-fold by conventional chromatographic methods. The most purified TFIID fraction was demonstrated to be required for transcription of a number of other cellular and viral class II genes. This factor showed specific interactions with both the adenovirus ML promoter and a human heat shock 70 (hsp-70) promoter. On the ML promoter, the DNase I-protected region extended from around position -40 to position +35, although some discontinuities (and associated hypersensitive sites) were apparent near the initiation site and near position +27; the upstream and downstream boundaries of the TFIID-binding site were also confirmed by exonuclease III digestion experiments. In contrast to these results, the DNase I-protected regions on the human hsp-70 promoter were confined to a smaller area that extended from positions -35 to -19. DNase I hypersensitive sites were observed in both the adenovirus ML and hsp-70 promoters, most notably in the region at position -47. These results indicate either that there are different forms of TFIID or that a single TFIID can interact differently with distinct promoters.

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