DUAL ROLE OF THE NUCLEOLAR TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UBF - TRANSACTIVATOR AND ANTIREPRESSOR

被引:89
作者
KUHN, A
GRUMMT, I
机构
[1] German Cancer Research Center
关键词
RIBOSOMAL GENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RNA POLYMERASE-I; REPRESSION; TRANSACTIVATION;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.89.16.7340
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In a reconstituted system consisting of partially purified RNA polymerase I (pol I) and the initiation factors TIF-IA, TIF-IB, and TIF-IC, the nucleolar factor UBF (upstream binding factor) stimulates transcription from the rRNA-encoding DNA (rDNA) promoter at least 50-fold. This activation is not observed at high template concentrations or in the presence of highly purified pol I. Template commitment experiments suggest that UBF activates transcription by relieving inhibition exerted by a negative-acting factor(s) in the polymerase fraction that competes for TIF-IB binding to the rDNA promoter and prevents the formation of preinitiation complexes. Using purified histone H1 bound to DNA as a model for the repressed state of the rDNA promoter, we show that UBF counteracts H1-mediated repression of pol I transcription. The implications of these findings are discussed with respect to the protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions at the rDNA promoter and the possible involvement of UBF in control of ribosomal gene transcription.
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页码:7340 / 7344
页数:5
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