Yeast Transcript Elongation Factor (TFIIS), Structure and Function

TFIIS is a general transcription elongation factor that helps arrested RNA polymerase II elongation complexes resume transcription. We have previously shown that yeast TFIIS (yTFIIS) comprises three structural domains (I-III). The three-dimensional structures of domain II and part of domain III have...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of biological chemistry 1998-08, Vol.273 (35), p.22589-22594
Hauptverfasser: Olmsted, Valerie K., Awrey, Donald E., Koth, Chris, Shan, Xi, Morin, Paul E., Kazanis, Sophia, Edwards, Aled M., Arrowsmith, Cheryl H.
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Zusammenfassung:TFIIS is a general transcription elongation factor that helps arrested RNA polymerase II elongation complexes resume transcription. We have previously shown that yeast TFIIS (yTFIIS) comprises three structural domains (I-III). The three-dimensional structures of domain II and part of domain III have been previously reported, but neither domain can autonomously stimulate transcription elongation. Here we report the NMR structural analysis of residues 131–309 of yTFIIS which retains full activity and contains all of domains II and III. We confirm that the structure of domain II in the context of fully active yTFIIS is the same as that determined previously for a shorter construct. We have determined the structure of the C-terminal zinc ribbon domain of active yTFIIS and shown that it is similar to that reported for a shorter construct of human TFIIS. The region linking domain II with the zinc ribbon of domain III appears to be conformationally flexible and does not adopt a single defined tertiary structure. NMR analysis of inactive mutants of yTFIIS support a role for the linker region in interactions with the transcription elongation complex.
ISSN:0021-9258
1083-351X
DOI:10.1074/jbc.273.35.22589