A chimeric subunit of yeast transcription factor IIIC forms a subcomplex with tau95.

The multisubunit yeast transcription factor IIIC (TFIIIC) is a multifunctional protein required for promoter recognition, transcription factor IIIB recruitment, and chromatin antirepression. We report the isolation and characterization of TFC7, an essential gene encoding the 55-kDa polypeptide, tau55, present in affinity-purified TFIIIC. tau55 is a chimeric protein generated by an ...
ancient chromosomal rearrangement. Its C-terminal half is essential for cell viability and sufficient to ensure TFIIIC function in DNA binding and transcription assays. The N-terminal half is nonessential and highly similar to a putative yeast protein encoded on another chromosome and to a cyanobacterial protein of unknown function. Partial deletions of the N-terminal domain impaired tau55 function at a high temperature or in media containing glycerol or ethanol, suggesting a link between PolIII transcription and metabolic pathways. Interestingly, tau55 was found, together with TFIIIC subunit tau95, in a protein complex which was distinct from TFIIIC and which may play a role in the regulation of PolIII transcription, possibly in relation to cell metabolism.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, DNA Polymerase III, DNA, Fungal, Gene Rearrangement, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Weight, Open Reading Frames, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Deletion, Transcription Factors, Transcription Factors, TFIII, Transcription, Genetic
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Jun. 01, 1998
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