Geng Fuqiang, Laurent Brehon C
Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
EMBO J. 2004 Jan 14;23(1):127-37. doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600035. Epub 2003 Dec 18.
Eucaryotic gene expression requires chromatin-remodeling activities. We show by time-course studies that transcriptional induction of the yeast glucose-regulated SUC2 gene is rapid and shows a striking biphasic pattern, the first phase of which is partly mediated by the general stress transcription factors Msn2p/Msn4p. The SWI/SNF ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling complex associates with the promoter in a similar biphasic manner and is essential for both phases of transcription. Two different histone acetyltransferases, Gcn5p and Esa1p, enhance the binding of SWI/SNF to the promoter during early transcription and are required for optimal SUC2 induction. Gcn5p is recruited to SUC2 simultaneously with SWI/SNF, whereas Esa1p associates constitutively with the promoter. This study reveals an unusual transcription pattern of a metabolic gene and suggests a novel strategy by which distinct chromatin remodelers cooperate for the dynamic activation of transcription.
真核基因表达需要染色质重塑活性。我们通过时间进程研究表明,酵母葡萄糖调节的SUC2基因的转录诱导迅速且呈现出显著的双相模式,其第一阶段部分由一般应激转录因子Msn2p/Msn4p介导。SWI/SNF ATP依赖性染色质重塑复合物以类似的双相方式与启动子结合,并且对转录的两个阶段都至关重要。两种不同的组蛋白乙酰转移酶Gcn5p和Esa1p在早期转录过程中增强SWI/SNF与启动子的结合,并且是最佳诱导SUC2所必需的。Gcn5p与SWI/SNF同时被招募到SUC2,而Esa1p则组成性地与启动子结合。这项研究揭示了一个代谢基因的不寻常转录模式,并提出了一种新策略,即不同的染色质重塑因子如何协同作用以实现转录的动态激活。