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Mol Cell Biol


Title:"The N-terminal 96 residues of MCM1, a regulator of cell type-specific genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, are sufficient for DNA binding, transcription activation, and interaction with alpha 1"
Author(s):Bruhn L; Hwang-Shum JJ; Sprague GF;
Address:"Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403"
Journal Title:Mol Cell Biol
Year:1992
Volume:12
Issue:8
Page Number:3563 - 3572
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.8.3563-3572.1992
ISSN/ISBN:0270-7306 (Print) 1098-5549 (Electronic) 0270-7306 (Linking)
Abstract:"MCM1 performs several functions necessary for its role in regulating cell type-specific gene expression in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: DNA binding, transcription activation, and interaction with coregulatory proteins such as alpha 1. We analyzed a set of MCM1 deletion derivatives using in vivo reporter gene assays and in vitro DNA-binding studies to determine which regions of MCM1 are important for its various activities. We also analyzed a set of LexA-MCM1 hybrids to examine the ability of different segments of MCM1 to activate transcription independent of MCM1's DNA-binding function. The first third of MCM1 [MCM1(1-96)], which includes an 80-residue segment homologous to the mammalian serum response factor, was sufficient for high-affinity DNA binding, for activation of reporter gene expression, and for interaction with alpha 1 in vitro and in vivo. However, the ability of MCM1(1-96) to activate transcription and to interact with alpha 1 was somewhat reduced compared with wild-type MCM1 [MCM1(1-286)]. Optimal interaction with alpha 1 required residues 99 to 117, in which 18 of 19 amino acids are acidic in character. Optimal transcription activation required a segment from residues 188 to 286, in which 50% of the amino acids are glutamine. Deletion of this segment from MCM1 reduced expression of reporter genes by about twofold. Moreover, LexA-MCM1 hybrids containing this segment were able to activate expression of reporter genes that rely on LexA binding sites as potential upstream activation sequences. Thus, glutamine-rich regions may contribute to the activation function of yeast transcription activators, as has been suggested for glutamine-rich mammalian proteins such as Sp1"
Keywords:"Bacterial Proteins/genetics/metabolism Chromosome Deletion DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism Fungal Proteins/genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism *Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal *Genes, Fungal Kinetics Mating Factor Minichromosome Maintenance;"
Notes:"MedlineBruhn, L Hwang-Shum, J J Sprague, G F Jr eng GM07413/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ GM30027/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1992/08/11 Mol Cell Biol. 1992 Aug; 12(8):3563-72. doi: 10.1128/mcb.12.8.3563-3572.1992"

 
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