Mediator phosphorylation prevents stress response transcription during non-stress conditions.
The multiprotein complex Mediator is a coactivator of RNA polymerase (Pol) II transcription that is required for the regulated expression of protein-coding genes. Mediator serves as an endpoint of signaling pathways and regulates Pol II transcription, but the mechanisms it uses are not well understood. Here we used mass spectrometry ... and dynamic transcriptome analysis to investigate a functional role of Mediator phosphorylation in gene expression. Affinity purification and mass spectrometry revealed that Mediator from the yeast S. cerevisiae is phosphorylated at multiple sites of 17 out of its 25 subunits. Mediator phosphorylation levels change upon an external stimulus set by exposure of cells to high salt concentrations. Phosphorylated sites in the Mediator tail subunit Med15 are required for suppression of stress-induced changes in gene expression under non-stress conditions. Thus dynamic and differential Mediator phosphorylation contributes to gene regulation in eukaryotic cells.
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Nov. 07, 2012
PubMed ID: 23135281
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