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Interaction of xenopus TFIIIC with the TFIIIA.5-S RNA gene-complex

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authors

  • Keller, H. J.
  • Romaniuk, P. J.
  • Gottesfeld, Joel

publication date

  • 1992

journal

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry  Journal

abstract

  • The general transcription factor TFIIIC is necessary for transcription initiation by RNA polymerase III. TFIIIC binds predominantly to the B-Block promoter element, which is present in tRNA genes, several viral RNA genes and repetitive DNA elements, and to the TFIIIA.DNA complex on 5 S RNA genes. Here we report a characterization of Xenopus laevis TFIIIC and its interaction with the TFIIIA.5 S RNA gene complex. A polypeptide with apparent molecular mass of 85 kDa was specifically cross-linked to a B-Block oligonucleotide by UV light. This polypeptide was present in the partially purified TFIIIC fraction and in a complex with a B-Block double-stranded oligonucleotide isolated by nondenaturing gel electrophoresis. TFIIIC.TFIIIA.DNA gel mobility shift complexes were obtained using B-Block DNA affinity-purified TFIIIC and buffer conditions employing low Mg2+ (1 mM) and high dithiothreitol (7 mM) concentrations. Three TFIIIC.TFIIIA.5 S RNA gene complexes were observed by gel mobility shift analysis. One of these complexes was resistant to dissociation by the addition of competing DNA, but the formation of all three complexes was prevented by the inclusion of excess specific competitor DNA in the initial binding reactions. The apparent affinity of TFIIIC for the TFIIIA.5 S DNA complex was 5-fold higher for the somatic-type 5 S RNA gene than for the oocyte-type 5 S RNA gene. Mutations near the 5' boundary of the TFIIIA binding site alter the DNase I footprint of the TFIIIA.DNA complex and reduce the affinity of TFIIIA-mutant 5 S gene complexes for TFIIIC. Differences in TFIIIC affinity for the two classes of 5 S RNA genes may play a role in the developmental regulation of these gene families.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Female
  • Genes
  • Kinetics
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligonucleotide Probes
  • Oocytes
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 5S
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Transcription Factor TFIIIA
  • Transcription Factors
  • Transcription Factors, TFIII
  • Xenopus laevis
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9258

PubMed ID

  • 1517247
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 18190

end page

  • 18198

volume

  • 267

issue

  • 25

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