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Published on: August 26, 2012
A cryptic DNA binding domain at the COOH terminus of TFIIIB70 affects formation, stability, and function of
1Service de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Saclay, F91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France.
Abstract:
TFIIIC-dependent assembly of yeast TFIIIB on class III genes unmasks a high avidity of TFIIIB for DNA. TFIIIB contains TATA-binding protein (TBP), TFIIIB90/B", and TFIIIB70/Brf1, which is homologous to TFIIB. Using limited proteolysis, we have found that the COOH terminus of TFIIIB70 (residues 510-596) forms a protease-resistant domain that binds DNA tightly as seen by Southwestern, DNase I footprinting, and gel shift assays. Consistent with a role for this DNA binding activity, preinitiation complexes were formed less efficiently with truncated TFIIIB70 lacking the COOH-terminal domain and displayed an increased sensitivity to heparin. B' (TFIIIB70 + TBP).TFIIIC.DNA complexes were also particularly unstable. In addition, TFIIIB.TFIIIC.DNA complexes containing truncated TFIIIB70 were impaired in promoting transcription initiation.
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