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Serum response factor affects preinitiation complex formation by TFIID in vitro.

H Zhu1, A L Roy, R G Roeder

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.

The New Biologist
|May 1, 1991
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Serum response factor (SRF) facilitates transcription by enabling the formation of active preinitiation complexes. SRF

Area of Science:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Gene Regulation
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Serum response factor (SRF) is a transcription factor that binds to the serum response element (SRE).
  • SRF regulates the transcription of genes like the c-fos proto-oncogene.
  • Understanding SRF's mechanism is crucial for gene expression studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mechanism by which SRF activates transcription.
  • To determine the role of preinitiation complex formation in SRF-mediated activation.
  • To identify the specific transcription factors involved in SRF's action.

Main Methods:

  • In vitro transcription assays.
  • Preincubation experiments with SRF and general transcription factors.
  • Fractionation of general transcription factors, including TFIID.

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Main Results:

  • SRF activates transcription by facilitating the formation of active preinitiation complexes.
  • SRF must be present during preinitiation complex formation for full activation.
  • A fraction containing TFIID is essential for SRF-mediated transcriptional induction.

Conclusions:

  • SRF likely activates transcription by altering the conformation of TFIID.
  • A cofactor or coactivator may mediate SRF's effect on TFIID.
  • Bacterial recombinant TFIID cannot mediate SRF-activated transcription, suggesting post-translational modifications or cofactors are important.