Nucleic Acids Research, 1990, Vol. 18, No. 6 1385-1393
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Isolation and functional characterization of TIF-IB, a factor that confers promoter specificity to mouse RNA polymerase I
Institute of Biochemistry Rontgenring 11, D - 8700 Würzburg, FRG
Received January 8, 1990. Accepted February 13, 1990.
The murine ribosomal gene promoter contains two cis-acting control elements which operate in concert to promote efficient and accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase I. The start site proximal core element which is indispensable for promoter recognition by RNA polymerase I (pol I) encompasses sequences from position –39 to –1. An upstream control element (UCE) which is located between nucleotides –142 and –112 stimulates the efficiency of transcription initiation both in vivo and in vitro. Here we report the isolation and functional characterization of a specific rDNA binding protein, the transcription initiation factor TIF-IB, which specifically Interacts with the core region of the mouse ribosomal RNA gene promoter. Highly purified TIF-IB complements transcriptional activity in the presence of two other essential initiation factors TIF-IA and TIF-IC. We demonstrate that the binding efficiency of purified TIF IB to the core promoter is strongly enhanced by the presence in cis of the UCE. This positive effect of upstream sequences on TIF-IB binding is observed throughout the purification procedure suggesting that the synergistic action of the two distant promoter elements is not mediated by a protein different from TIF-IB. Increasing the distance between both control elements still facilitates stable factor binding but eliminates transcriptional activation. The results demonstrate that TIF-IB binding to the rDNA promoter is an essential early step in the assembly of a functional transcription initiation complex. The subsequent interaction of TIF-IB with other auxiliary transcription initiation factors, however, requires the correct spacing between the UCE and the core promoter element.
*NIH, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
+ Max-P1anck-Institut für Biochemie, 8033 Martinsried, FRG
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, institute of Organic Chemistiy and Biochemtstiy, Flemingovo námesti, 16610 Praha 6, Czechoslovakia
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