A mammalian SRB protein associated with an RNA polymerase II holoenzyme

Nature ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 380 (6569) ◽  
pp. 82-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Chao ◽  
Ellen L. Gadbois ◽  
Peter J. Murray ◽  
Stephen F. Anderson ◽  
Michelle S. Sonu ◽  
...  
Genetics ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 157 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Wen Chang ◽  
Susie C Howard ◽  
Yelena V Budovskaya ◽  
Jasper Rine ◽  
Paul K Herman

Abstract Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells enter into a distinct resting state, known as stationary phase, in response to specific types of nutrient deprivation. We have identified a collection of mutants that exhibited a defective transcriptional response to nutrient limitation and failed to enter into a normal stationary phase. These rye mutants were isolated on the basis of defects in the regulation of YGP1 expression. In wild-type cells, YGP1 levels increased during the growth arrest caused by nutrient deprivation or inactivation of the Ras signaling pathway. In contrast, the levels of YGP1 and related genes were significantly elevated in the rye mutants during log phase growth. The rye defects were not specific to this YGP1 response as these mutants also exhibited multiple defects in stationary phase properties, including an inability to survive periods of prolonged starvation. These data indicated that the RYE genes might encode important regulators of yeast cell growth. Interestingly, three of the RYE genes encoded the Ssn/Srb proteins, Srb9p, Srb10p, and Srb11p, which are associated with the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme. Thus, the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme may be a target of the signaling pathways responsible for coordinating yeast cell growth with nutrient availability.


1997 ◽  
Vol 94 (11) ◽  
pp. 5605-5610 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Scully ◽  
S. F. Anderson ◽  
D. M. Chao ◽  
W. Wei ◽  
L. Ye ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 273 (47) ◽  
pp. 30851-30854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claes M. Gustafsson ◽  
Lawrence C. Myers ◽  
Jenny Beve ◽  
Henrik Spåhr ◽  
Mary Lui ◽  
...  

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 897-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Hengartner ◽  
C M Thompson ◽  
J Zhang ◽  
D M Chao ◽  
S M Liao ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2876-2883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song He ◽  
Steven Jay Weintraub

ABSTRACT Recently, it was found that if either the TATA binding protein or RNA polymerase II holoenzyme is artificially tethered to a promoter, transcription is activated. This finding provided presumptive evidence that upstream activating proteins function by recruiting components of the preinitiation complex (PIC) to the promoter. To date, however, there have been no studies demonstrating that upstream factors actually recruit components of the PIC to the promoter in vivo. Therefore, we have studied the mechanism of action of two disparate transactivating domains. We present a series of in vivo functional assays that demonstrate that each of these proteins targets different components of the PIC for recruitment. We show that, by targeting different components of the PIC for recruitment, these activating domains can cooperate with each other to activate transcription synergistically and that, even within one protein, two different activating subdomains can activate transcription synergistically by cooperating to recruit different components of the PIC. Finally, considering our work together with previous studies, we propose that certain transcription factors both recruit components of the PIC and facilitate steps in transcriptional activation that occur subsequent to recruitment.


1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 565-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D Parvin ◽  
Richard A Young

Science ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 283 (5404) ◽  
pp. 985-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Asturias ◽  
Y. W. Jiang ◽  
L. C. Myers ◽  
C. M. Gustafsson ◽  
R. D. Kornberg

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 2359-2367 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Farrell ◽  
N Simkovich ◽  
Y Wu ◽  
A Barberis ◽  
M Ptashne

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