Lecture 8/9 -control Of Gene Expression Pt II Flashcards
What is the mechanism for transcriptional Activation by activator proteins?
- Activation by recruitment.
2. Activation by conformational change. 3. Activation by altering chromatin structure.
Activation by recruitment
Activation domain interacts with one or more components Of transcriptional machinery and stabilises its binding to template DNA
Activation by conformational change
Activation domain induces a conformational change in a component of the basal transcriptional machinery to stimulate RNA polymerase II to initiate transcription
Activation by altering chromatin structure
Activation domain recruits chromatin remodelling/modifying proteins (co-activators) to modulate chromatin structure around promoters
What are the transcriptional factor activation domains?
Acidic region.
Glutamate rich regions Proline rich regions
What factors contains acidic regions?
Yeast GCN4 GAL4.
Nuclear receptors
What factors contains Glutamate-rich regions?
SP1, Oct1,Oct2, AP2
Which factors contain proline rich regions ?
CTF/NF1 AP2 c-jun Oct2
What are the other roles of activation by recruitment?
Increases binding of a particular component of the basal machinery so enhancing its assembly Activator alters confirmation of an already bound factor so stimulating the activity/or stability of the complex
Activators can interact with TFIID
Enhances binding of TFIID to TATA box, improving rate of PIC complex Alter the confirmation of TFIID stimulating its activity by increasing its ability to recruit other PIC components or by enhancing ability to stimulate transcription.
Interaction is through TBP or one or more of TAFs
Activators can interact with TFIID via TAFs
Different activators target different TAFs.
Different cell types can have cell type-specific TAFs
What are TAFs a critical intermediary of?
Between activators and basal transcription complex
Activators can interact with TFIIB
Stimulation of assembly of PIC/activity of basal transcriptional complex after TFIID has bound
Who do TFIIB interact with ?
Acidic activators
What do CTD of RNA pol II interact with?
Mediator complex
Why is the interaction between CTD and mediator important?
Required for the response to transcriptional activators
What do mediator form?
molecular bridge between activators and RNA pol II
How many subunits does the mediator complex have?
30’subunit
How many sub complexes does the mediator complex have?
3
What are the three sub complexes of mediator complex?
Head, middle and Tail
What does the head of the mediator complex interact with?
RNA pol II CTD
What does the tail of the mediator complex interact with?
Activators
What do different classes of activators interact with ?
Different mediator subunits
Mediator interacts with activator proteins and what else?
Pol II transcription machinery
What is the principle that governs the function of all activators?
DNA binding domain determines specified for the target promoter enhancer
What is the DNA binding domain responsible for?
Localising a transcription-activating domain in the proximity of the basal apparatus
What is the structure of an Activator that works directly?
DNA binding domain and an activating domain within same protein that affects transcription directly
What happens when an Activator does not have an activating domain?
Work by binding a co-Activator that has activating domain (interaction between 2 distinct proteins)
What does co-Activator do?
Does not bind DNA itself Interacts with a DNA-bound transcriptional activator to transmit the signal to the basal transcription complex
What is an example of co-Activator?
CREB-binding protein (CBP/p300) which is recruited to DNA by the DNA-binding transcription factor partner, CREB
What does CREB-binding protein (CBP/p300) mediate?
Transcriptional activation via a number of other DNA-binding transcription factors partners involved in a variety of signalling pathways
What is CREB-binding protein (CBP)?
Histone Lysine acetyltransferase
What acts upon CBP/p300?
CREB.
Steroid/thyroid hormone receptors STATs NF-KB
AP1.
SREBP MyoD P53
CREB
Cyclic AMP