Goppelt A, Meisterernst M
Laboratorium für Molekulare Biologie-Genzentrum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1996 Nov 15;24(22):4450-5. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.22.4450.
Human NC2 utilizes a unique mechanism of repression of transcription by associating with TBP and inhibition of preinitiation complex formation. Here we have cloned two genes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and functionally characterized them as yeast NC2. We show that yeast NC2 binds to TBP as a heterodimer and represses RNA polymerase II transcription during assembly of the preinitiation complex. Yeast NC2 is highly homologous to its human counterpart within histone fold domains. C-Terminal regions previously discussed to be important for repression in man are in part not conserved. The human alpha but not the beta subunit efficiently heterodimerizes and represses transcription in combination with the corresponding yeast subunit. Yeast and human NC2 inhibit transcription in the presence of yeast and human TBP. However, repression is optimal within one species. The N-terminus of human TBP supports repression of transcription by human but not by yeast NC2.
人类NC2通过与TBP结合并抑制起始前复合物的形成,利用一种独特的转录抑制机制。在这里,我们从酿酒酵母中克隆了两个基因,并对其进行功能鉴定,确定它们为酵母NC2。我们发现酵母NC2作为异二聚体与TBP结合,并在起始前复合物组装过程中抑制RNA聚合酶II转录。酵母NC2在组蛋白折叠结构域内与其人类对应物高度同源。先前讨论的对人类抑制作用很重要的C末端区域部分并不保守。人类α亚基而非β亚基能与相应的酵母亚基有效异二聚化并抑制转录。酵母和人类NC2在存在酵母和人类TBP的情况下均抑制转录。然而,抑制作用在同一物种内最为理想。人类TBP的N末端支持人类而非酵母NC2对转录的抑制作用。