Mediator head subcomplex Med11/22 contains a common helix bundle building block with a specific function in transcription initiation complex stabilization.

Mediator is a multiprotein co-activator of RNA polymerase (Pol) II transcription. Mediator contains a conserved core that comprises the 'head' and 'middle' modules. We present here a structure-function analysis of the essential Med11/22 heterodimer, a part of the head module. Med11/22 forms a conserved four-helix bundle domain with C-terminal extensions, ...
which bind the central head subunit Med17. A highly conserved patch on the bundle surface is required for stable transcription pre-initiation complex formation on a Pol II promoter in vitro and in vivo and may recruit the general transcription factor TFIIH. The bundle domain fold is also present in the Mediator middle module subcomplex Med7/21 and is predicted in the Mediator heterodimers Med2/3, Med4/9, Med10/14 and Med28/30. The bundle domain thus represents a common building block that has been multiplied and functionally diversified during Mediator evolution in eukaryotes.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Mediator Complex, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RNA Polymerase II, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, Sequence Alignment, Transcription, Genetic
Nucleic Acids Res.
Date: Aug. 01, 2011
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