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Basal transcription of many genes in yeast is repressed by Mot1, an essential protein which is a member of the Snf2/Swi2 family of conserved nuclear factors. ADI is an ATP-dependent inhibitor of TATA-binding protein (TBP) binding to DNA that inhibits transcription in vitro. Here we demonstrate that ADI is encoded by the MOT1 gene. Mutation of MOT1 abolishes ADI activity and derepresses basal transcription in vitro and in vivo. Recombinant Mot1 removes TBP from DNA and Mot1 contains an ATPase activity which is essential for its function. Genetic interactions between Mot1 and TBP indicate that their functions are interlinked in vivo. These results provide a general model for understanding the mechanism of action of a large family of nuclear factors involved in processes such as transcription and DNA repair.
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PMID:Mot1, a global repressor of RNA polymerase II transcription, inhibits TBP binding to DNA by an ATP-dependent mechanism. 795 67

The yeast SWI2/SNF2 polypeptide is a subunit of the SWI/SNF protein complex that is required for many transcriptional activators to function in a chromatin context. SWI2 is believed to be the founding member of a new subfamily of DNA-stimulated ATPases/DNA helicases that includes proteins that function in DNA repair (RAD5, RAD16, ERCC6), recombination (RAD54), transcription (MOT1, ISWI, brm, BRG1, hBRM) and cell cycle control (STH1). We have created a set of 16 mutations within the SWI2 ATPase domain and have analyzed the functional consequences of these mutations in vivo. We have identified residues within each of the seven ATPase motifs that are required for SWI2 function. We have also identified crucial residues that are interspersed between the known ATPase motifs. In contrast, we identify other highly conserved residues that appear to be dispensable for SWI2 function. We also find that single amino acid changes in ATPase motifs IV and VI lead to a dominant negative phenotype. None of the 12 SWI2 mutations that disrupt SWI2 activity in vivo alter the assembly of the SWI/SNF complex. These studies provide an invaluable framework for biochemical analysis of the SWI2 ATPase and for functional analysis of other SWI2 family members.
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PMID:Functional analysis of the DNA-stimulated ATPase domain of yeast SWI2/SNF2. 887 45

MOT1 is an essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein and a member of the SNF2/SWI2 family of ATPases. MOT1 functions by removing TATA-binding protein (TBP) from DNA, and as a consequence, MOT1 can regulate transcription both in vitro and in vivo. Here we describe the in vivo and in vitro activities of MOT1 deletion and substitution mutants. The results indicate that MOT1 is targeted to TBP both in vitro and in vivo via amino acids in its nonconserved N terminus. The conserved C-terminal ATPase of MOT1 appears to contribute to TBP-DNA complex recognition in the absence of ATP, but it appears to function primarily during the actual ATP-dependent dissociation reaction. Chimeric proteins in which homologous portions of SNF2/SWI2 have been substituted for the MOT1 ATPase can bind to TBP-DNA complexes but fail to dissociate these complexes in the presence of ATP, suggesting that the specificity of action of MOT1 is also conferred by the C-terminal ATPase. ATPase assays demonstrate that the MOT1 ATPase is activated by TBP. Thus, MOT1 undergoes at least two conformational changes: (i) an allosteric effect of TBP that mediates the activation of the MOT1 ATPase and (ii) an ATP-driven "power stroke" that causes TBP-DNA complex dissociation. These results provide a general framework for understanding how members of the SNF2/SWI2 protein family use ATP to modulate protein-DNA interactions to regulate many diverse processes in cells.
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PMID:Molecular analysis of the SNF2/SWI2 protein family member MOT1, an ATP-driven enzyme that dissociates TATA-binding protein from DNA. 923 40

The human transcription factor B-TFIID is comprised of TATA-binding protein (TBP) in complex with one TBP-associated factor (TAF) of 170 kDa. We report the isolation of the cDNA for TAFII170. By cofractionation and coprecipitation experiments, we show that the protein encoded by the cDNA encodes the TAF subunit of B-TFIID. Recombinant TAFII170 has (d)ATPase activity. Inspection of its primary structure reveals a striking homology with genes of other organisms, yeast MOT1, and Drosophila moira, which belongs to the Trithorax group. Both homologs were isolated in genetic screens as global regulators of pol II transcription. This supports our classification of B-TFIID as a pol II transcription factor and suggests that specific TBP-TAF complexes perform distinct functions during development.
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PMID:Cloning of the cDNA for the TATA-binding protein-associated factorII170 subunit of transcription factor B-TFIID reveals homology to global transcription regulators in yeast and Drosophila. 934 22

The TATA binding protein (TBP) is a central component of the eukaryotic transcriptional machinery and is the target of positive and negative transcriptional regulators. Here we describe the cloning and biochemical characterization of an abundant human TBP-associated factor (TAF-172) which is homologous to the yeast Mot1 protein and a member of the larger Snf2/Swi2 family of DNA-targeted ATPases. Like Mot1, TAF-172 binds to the conserved core of TBP and uses the energy of ATP hydrolysis to dissociate TBP from DNA (ADI activity). Interestingly, ATP also causes TAF-172 to dissociate from TBP, which has not been previously observed with Mot1. Unlike Mot1, TAF-172 requires both TBP and DNA for maximal (approximately 100-fold) ATPase activation. TAF-172 inhibits TBP-driven RNA polymerase II and III transcription but does not appear to affect transcription driven by TBP-TAF complexes. As it does with Mot1, TFIIA reverses TAF-172-mediated repression of TBP. Together, these findings suggest that human TAF-172 is the functional homolog of yeast Mot1 and uses the energy of ATP hydrolysis to remove TBP (but apparently not TBP-TAF complexes) from DNA.
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PMID:Cloning and biochemical characterization of TAF-172, a human homolog of yeast Mot1. 948 87

MOT1 is an ATPase which can dissociate TATA binding protein (TBP)-DNA complexes in a reaction requiring ATP hydrolysis. Consistent with this observation, MOT1 can repress basal transcription in vitro. Paradoxically, however, some genes, such as HIS4, appear to require MOT1 as an activator of transcription in vivo. To further investigate the function of MOT1 in basal transcription, we performed in vitro transcription reactions using yeast nuclear extracts depleted of MOT1. Quantitation of MOT1 revealed that it is an abundant protein, with nuclear extracts from wild-type cells containing a molar excess of MOT1 over TBP. Surprisingly, MOT1 can weakly activate basal transcription in vitro. This activation by MOT1 is detectable with amounts of MOT1 that are approximately stoichiometric to TBP. With amounts of MOT1 similar to those present in wild-type nuclear extracts, MOT1 behaves as a weak repressor of basal transcription. These results suggest that MOT1 might activate transcription via an indirect mechanism in which limiting TBP can be liberated from nonpromoter sites for use at promoters. In support of this idea, excess nonpromoter DNA sequesters TBP and represses transcription, but this effect can be reversed by addition of MOT1. These results help to reconcile previous in vitro and in vivo results and expand the repertoire of transcriptional control strategies to include factor-assisted redistribution of TBP between promoter and nonpromoter sites.
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PMID:MOT1 can activate basal transcription in vitro by regulating the distribution of TATA binding protein between promoter and nonpromoter sites. 1008 49

Yeast Mot1, an essential ATP-dependent regulator of basal transcription, removes TATA box-binding protein (TBP) from TATA sites in vitro. Complexes of Mot1 and Spt15 (yeast TBP), radiolabeled in vitro, were immunoprecipitated with anti-TBP (or anti-Mot1) antibodies in the absence of DNA, showing Mot1 binds TBP in solution. Mot1 N-terminal deletions (residues 25-801) abolished TBP binding, whereas C-terminal ATPase domain deletions (residues 802-1867) did not. Complex formation was prevented above 200 mm salt, consistent with electrostatic interaction. Correspondingly, TBP variants lacking solvent-exposed positive charge did not bind Mot1, whereas a mutant lacking positive charge within the DNA-binding groove bound Mot1. ATPase-defective mutant, Mot1(D1408N), which inhibits growth when overexpressed (but is suppressed by co-overexpression of TBP), bound TBP normally in vitro, suggesting it forms nonrecyclable complexes. N-terminal deletions of Mot1(D1408N) were not growth-inhibitory. C-terminal deletions were toxic when overexpressed, and toxicity was ameliorated by TBP co-overproduction. Residues 1-800 of Mot1 are therefore necessary and sufficient for TBP binding. The N terminus of 89B, a tissue-specific Drosophila Mot1 homolog, bound the TBP-like factor, dTRF1. Native Mot1 and derivatives deleterious to growth localized in the nucleus, whereas nontoxic derivatives localized to the cytosol, suggesting TBP binding and nuclear transport of Mot1 are coupled.
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PMID:High affinity interaction of yeast transcriptional regulator, Mot1, with TATA box-binding protein (TBP). 1127 22

SNF2/SWI2-related ATPases employ ATP hydrolysis to disrupt protein-DNA interactions, but how ATP hydrolysis is coupled to disruption is not understood. Here we examine the mechanism of action of MOT1, a yeast SNF2/SWI2-related ATPase that uses ATP hydrolysis to remove TATA binding protein (TBP) from DNA. MOT1 function requires a 17 bp DNA 'handle' upstream of the TATA box, which must be double stranded. Remarkably, MOT1-catalyzed disruption of TBP-DNA does not appear to require DNA strand separation, DNA bending or twisting of the DNA helix. Thus, TBP-DNA disruption is accomplished in a reaction apparently not driven by a change in DNA structure. MOT1 action is supported by DNA templates in which the handle is connected to the TATA box via single-stranded DNA, indicating that the upstream duplex DNA can be conformationally uncoupled from the TATA box. Combining these results with proposed similarities between SNF2/SWI2 ATPases and helicases, we suggest that MOT1 uses ATP hydrolysis to translocate along the handle and thereby disrupt interactions between TBP and DNA.
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PMID:MOT1-catalyzed TBP-DNA disruption: uncoupling DNA conformational change and role of upstream DNA. 1129 35

Regulation of RNA polymerase II (pol II) transcription is a highly dynamic process requiring the coordinated interaction of an array of regulatory proteins. Central to this process is the TATA-binding protein (TBP), the key component of the multiprotein complex TFIID. Interaction of TBP with core promoters nucleates the assembly of the preinitiation complex and subsequent recruitment of pol II. Despite recent advances in our understanding of the dynamic nature of the pol II transcription apparatus, the dynamics of TBP function on pol II promoters has remained largely unexplored. Human BTAF1 (TAF(II)170/TAF-172) and its yeast ortholog, Mot1p, are evolutionarily conserved members of the SNF2-like family of ATPase proteins. Genetic identification of Mot1p as a repressor of pol II transcription was supported by findings that Mot1p and BTAF1 could dissociate TBP from TATA DNA complexes using the energy of ATP hydrolysis. Recent data have revealed new aspects of BTAF1 and Mot1p as positive regulators of TBP function in the pol II system and have described new observations relating to their molecular mechanism of action. We review these data in the context of previous findings with particular attention paid to how human BTAF1 and Mot1p may dynamically regulate TBP function on pol II promoters in cells.
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PMID:Roles for BTAF1 and Mot1p in dynamics of TATA-binding protein and regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription. 1455 59

BTAF1 (formerly named TAF(II)170/TAF-172) is an essential, evolutionarily conserved member of the SNF2-like family of ATPase proteins and together with TATA-binding protein (TBP) forms the B-TFIID complex. BTAF1 has been proposed to play a key role in the dynamic regulation of TBP function in RNA polymerase II transcription. We have determined the structure of native B-TFIID purified from human cells by electron microscopy and by image analysis of single particles at a resolution of 28 A. B-TFIID is 15 x 9 nm in size and is organized into a large domain of about 170 kDa, which can be subdivided into two domains. Extending from this domain is a long thumb, which in turn is divided into subdomains of about 25, 15, and 35 kDa, the largest of which is located at the end of the thumb. Immunolabeling experiments localize the extreme carboxyl terminus of BTAF1 within the 170-kDa domain, whereas the amino terminus and TBP co-localize to the end of the protruding thumb. The central portion of BTAF1 localizes to the base of the thumb. Comparison of the native B-TFIID with its recombinant form shows that both share a similar domain organization. Collectively, these data provide the first structural model of the B-TFIID complex and map its key functional domains.
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PMID:Molecular architecture of the basal transcription factor B-TFIID. 1498 2


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