Tissue and cell distribution of a mammalian proteasomal ATPase, MSS1, and its complex formation with the basal transcription factors.
The proteasome is an eukaryotic multi-subunit protease complex composed of one 20S core component and two 19S regulatory complexes. The regulatory complex contains 6 putative ATPases. We investigated tissue and cell distribution of one of these ATPases, MSS1 (mammalian suppressor of sgv1). MSS1 was ubiquitously present in rat tissues as ... was the 20S core component of proteasome. However, the ratio of MSS1 to 20S varied greatly among tissues and MSS1 was concentrated in the thymus. Glycerol gradient sedimentation analysis revealed that MSS1 is included in protein complexes whose density is lighter than that of the proteasome. MSS1 was distributed in mammalian cells ubiquitously, while proteasome was rather concentrated in the nuclei. Hence, a novel molecular status of MSS1 distinct from proteasome is implicated. Interestingly, multiple basal transcription factors for RNA polymerase II, including TBP, TFIIB, TFIIH, and TFIIF, were found to be associated with MSS1. These results suggest that MSS1, in addition to proteolysis, plays a role in DNA metabolism including transcriptional regulation.
Mesh Terms:
Adenosine Triphosphatases, Animals, Cysteine Endopeptidases, DNA-Binding Proteins, Hela Cells, Humans, Mammals, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Weight, Multienzyme Complexes, Open Reading Frames, Organ Specificity, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, RNA Polymerase II, Rats, Transcription Factors
Adenosine Triphosphatases, Animals, Cysteine Endopeptidases, DNA-Binding Proteins, Hela Cells, Humans, Mammals, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Weight, Multienzyme Complexes, Open Reading Frames, Organ Specificity, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, RNA Polymerase II, Rats, Transcription Factors
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.
Date: Dec. 20, 2000
PubMed ID: 11118327
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