GAL4 IS PHOSPHORYLATED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION

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作者
SADOWSKI, I [1 ]
NIEDBALA, D [1 ]
WOOD, K [1 ]
PTASHNE, M [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV, DEPT BIOCHEM & MOLEC BIOL, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 USA
关键词
YEAST ACTIVATORS; GAL4; MUTANTS; PROTEIN KINASES;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.88.23.10510
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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];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
GAL4 protein isolated from yeast in which it is active is phosphorylated predominantly on two different serine residues. One of these was identified as Ser-837; substitution of this residue for alanine has no detectable effect on transcriptional activation by GAL4. Phosphorylation at Ser-837 requires that both the DNA binding and transcriptional activation functions be intact. We propose that some phosphorylations of GAL4, including that at Ser-837, occur concomitantly with activation of transcription.
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页码:10510 / 10514
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