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Query: EC:3.6.1.3 (
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We previously purified
RNA polymerase II
transcription factor delta from rat liver and found that it has an associated DNA-dependent
ATPase
(dATPase) activity. In this report, we show that delta is also closely associated with a protein kinase activity that catalyzes phosphorylation of the largest subunit of
RNA polymerase II
. Kinase activity copurifies with transcription and DNA-dependent
ATPase
(dATPase) activities when delta is analyzed by anion- and cation-exchange HPLC as well as by sucrose gradient sedimentation, arguing that delta possesses all three activities. Phosphorylation of the largest subunits of both rat and yeast
RNA polymerase II
is stimulated by DNA, whereas phosphorylation of a synthetic peptide containing multiple copies of the carboxyl-terminal heptapeptide repeat is not. Although both ATP and GTP appear to function as phosphate donors, GTP is utilized less than 10% as well as ATP. These findings suggest that delta may exert its action in transcription at least in part through a mechanism involving phosphorylation of the largest subunit of
RNA polymerase II
.
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PMID:A carboxyl-terminal-domain kinase associated with RNA polymerase II transcription factor delta from rat liver. 138 28
Initiation of transcription by
RNA polymerase II
requires a TFIID factor, which can recognize the TATA element common to many promoters. Two distinct multisubunit TFIID factors can be resolved from extracts of mammalian cells, and both of them contain the well-characterized TATA-binding protein (TBP) and are capable of supporting
RNA polymerase II
transcription in an in vitro reaction system. The smaller complex, B-TFIID, was purified and its subunit composition was determined. B-TFIID consists of two subunits: the TBP and a TBP-associated factor (TAF) of 170 kDa. This TAF is specific for B-TFIID and appears not to be present in the D-TFIID complex. Furthermore, it was found that the highly purified B-TFIID fractions have (d)
ATPase
activity.
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PMID:Composition of transcription factor B-TFIID. 138 11
The rat gastric H+/K(+)-
ATPase
beta subunit gene was cloned, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The coding region is separated by 6 introns, whereas the related human Na+/K(+)-
ATPase
beta subunit gene was shown to have 5 introns (Lane, L.K., Shull, M.M., Whitmer, K.R., and Lingrel, J.B. (1989) Genomics 5, 445-453). The positions of introns 1, 2, and 5 of the two genes were the same. The similarities in intron/exon organizations and primary structures (30-40% identical residues) suggest that the beta subunit genes for H+/K(+)-ATPases were derived from a common ancestor. The upstream region of the rat H+/K(+)-
ATPase
beta subunit gene contains direct repeat sequences and palindromes, potential binding sites for
RNA polymerase II
and E4TF1, and CACCC box sequences. Gel retardation assay demonstrated that the stomach, but not other tissues (liver, brain, kidney, spleen, and lung), has a nuclear protein(s) capable of binding to the regions upstream of the potential
RNA polymerase II
binding sites (TATA box). The nuclear protein(s) are suggested to recognize three tandem GATAGC sequences and may be important for controlled transcription of the H+/K(+)-
ATPase
beta subunit gene in gastric parietal cells.
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PMID:The rat H+/K(+)-ATPase beta subunit gene and recognition of its control region by gastric DNA binding protein. 165 72
A kinase activity specific for the C-terminal repeat domain (CTD) of
RNA polymerase II
is associated with nearly homogeneous yeast general initiation factor b by three criteria: cofractionation on the basis of size and charge and coinactivation by mild heat treatment. The kinase phosphorylates the CTD at multiple sites in a processive manner. Factor b may possess a DNA-dependent
ATPase
activity as well. Both kinase and DNA-dependent
ATPase
activities exhibit the same nucleotide requirements as previously demonstrated for the initiation of transcription. These results support the idea that phosphorylation of the CTD lies on the pathway of transcription initiation and identify a catalytic activity of a general factor essential for the initiation process.
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PMID:CTD kinase associated with yeast RNA polymerase II initiation factor b. 183 79
The human gastric (H+ + K+)-
ATPase
gene (15 kilobases) was cloned, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The gene has 22 exons and codes a protein of 1,035 residues including the initiator methionine (Mr = 114,047). A conserved lysine-rich sequence with inserted glycine residues was found near the amino terminus of the enzyme. The phosphorylation site and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate- and fluorescein isothiocyanate-binding residues found in the rat and pig enzymes are also conserved in the human enzyme. The positions of introns in the human (H+ + K+)-
ATPase
gene are essentially the same as those in the human (Na+ + K+)-
ATPase
alpha and alpha III subunits; but the first introns of the two enzymes are difficult to align, and unlike in the (Na+ + K+)-
ATPase
gene, the sixth exon in the (H+ + K+)-
ATPase
gene is not separated by an intron. Furthermore, the ninth intron is located two bases upstream of the position for the corresponding intron of the (Na+ + K+)-
ATPase
alpha III subunit. The similarity in organization of these two
ATPase
genes and the homology in the primary structures of their proteins (approximately 60%) suggest that these two genes were derived from a common ancestral gene. However, the 5'-flanking regions of the genes for (H+ + K+)-
ATPase
and the (Na+ + K+)-
ATPase
alpha (+) subunit show no apparent sequence homology, indicating that their transcriptions are regulated differently. The control region of the fast-twitch sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2(+)-
ATPase
gene also showed no sequence homology to that of (H+ + K+)-
ATPase
. The 5'-flanking region of the (H+ + K+)-
ATPase
gene contains potential binding sites for
RNA polymerase II
and various transcriptional regulation factors and several direct and inverted repeat sequences which may be important for specific and controlled expression of the gene in gastric parietal cells. There are two polyadenylation signals in the 3'-flanking region of the (H+ + K+)-
ATPase
gene, but the sequence of this region shows no homology to those of the corresponding regions of the genes for the (Na+ + K+)-
ATPase
alpha and alpha III subunits.
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PMID:Human gastric (H+ + K+)-ATPase gene. Similarity to (Na+ + K+)-ATPase genes in exon/intron organization but difference in control region. 216 Sep 52
Human transcription factor TFIIE, a ubiquitous factor required for transcription initiation by
RNA polymerase II
, was purified to homogeneity by a combination of conventional and HPLC steps. The purified TFIIE contained equimolar amounts of 57-kDa (TFIIE-alpha) and 34-kDa (TFIIE-beta) polypeptides that were judged to be functional subunits on the basis of their copurification with transcriptional activity and the recovery of activity following renaturation of polypeptides separated by reverse-phase HPLC. TFIIE-alpha had an independent TFIIE activity whereas TFIIE-beta had no activity alone but enhanced the activity of TFIIE-alpha. In conjunction with gel filtration studies, which indicated a molecular mass of approximately 180 kDa for the native protein, these results suggested that TFIIE is a heterotetramer containing two alpha and two beta polypeptides. Functional studies with the purified TFIIE demonstrated that it is a general initiation factor, required for all of the genes tested, but it failed to show any DNA-dependent
ATPase
activity.
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PMID:Factors involved in specific transcription by mammalian RNA polymerase II: purification and characterization of general transcription factor TFIIE. 225 Dec 58
A transcription factor required for synthesis of accurately initiated run-off transcripts by
RNA polymerase II
has been purified and shown to have an associated DNA-dependent
ATPase
(dATPase) activity that is strongly stimulated by the TATA region of promoters. This transcription factor, designated delta, was purified more than 3000-fold from extracts of crude rat liver nuclei and has a native molecular mass of approximately 230 kDa. DNA-dependent
ATPase
(dATPase) and transcription activities copurify when delta is analyzed by hydrophobic interaction and ion-exchange HPLC, arguing that transcription factor delta possesses an
ATPase
(dATPase) activity.
ATPase
(dATPase) is specific for adenine nucleotides; ATP and dATP, but not CTP, UTP, or GTP, are hydrolyzed.
ATPase
(dATPase) is stimulated by both double-stranded and single-stranded DNAs, including pUC18, ssM13, and poly(dT); however, DNA fragments containing the TATA region of either the adenovirus 2 major late or mouse interleukin 3 promoters stimulate
ATPase
as much as 10-fold more effectively than DNA fragments containing nonpromoter sequences. These data suggest the intriguing possibility that delta plays a critical role in the ATP (dATP)-dependent activation of run-off transcription through a direct interaction with the TATA region of promoters.
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PMID:An RNA polymerase II transcription factor has an associated DNA-dependent ATPase (dATPase) activity strongly stimulated by the TATA region of promoters. 255 40
We have constructed a hybrid gene in which the
SV40 T-antigen
coding gene is driven by a mouse rDNA promoter and we have compared its expression to that of an
SV40 T-antigen
coding gene under the control of its own promoter. The comparison has been carried out in microinjected cells, in transfected cells, and in stable cell lines carrying the respective T-antigen coding genes in an integrated form. These cell lines were derived from ts AF8 cells, a mutant which is temperature sensitive for
RNA polymerase II
activity. The hybrid gene clearly expresses T-antigen, albeit less efficiently than when the T antigen coding gene is under the control of the SV40-promoter. We also show that the expression of T-antigen by the hybrid gene is 50% inhibited by an antibody against RNA polymerase I. In tsAF8 cells carrying the hybrid gene, T-antigen is still expressed at the restrictive temperature (where
RNA polymerase II
is inactive) at a level again about 50% of controls. However, our findings also confirm those of Smale and Tjian (Mol. Cell. Biol. 5:352, 1985) that such hybrid genes are in part transcribed by
RNA polymerase II
and generate abnormal transcripts.
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PMID:Regulation of the expression of the SV40 T-antigen coding gene under the control of an rDNA promoter. 301 13
BTF2/TFIIH from human, delta from rat, and factor b from yeast are multisubunit basal transcription factors that have been shown to be closely associated with a protein kinase capable of phosphorylating the carboxyl-terminal domain of the large subunit of
RNA polymerase II
(Lu, H., Zawel, L., Fischer, L., Egly, J. M., and Reinberg, D. (1992) Nature 358, 641-645; Serizawa, H., Conaway, R. C., and Conaway, J. W. (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89, 7476-7480; Feaver, W. J., Gileadi, O., and Kornberg, R. D. (1991) Cell 67, 1223-1230). We report here that a DNA-dependent
ATPase
and the previously characterized helicase (Schaeffer, L., Roy, R., Humbert, S., Moncollin, V., Vermeulen, W., Hoeijmakers, J., Chambon, P., and Egly, J. M. (1993) Science 260, 58-63) are both associated with BTF2 and reside with the p89 polypeptide subunit. The DNA requirement, the effect of Sarkosyl and staurosporine inhibitors, as well as nucleotide competition experiments, clearly distinguished
ATPase
/helicase from the carboxyl-terminal domain kinase. Using recombinant wild type or mutated p89/ERCC3 polypeptides and different forms of DNA template, we show the connection between
ATPase
and the helicase.
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PMID:The DNA-dependent ATPase activity associated with the class II basic transcription factor BTF2/TFIIH. 751 95
NTRC is a prokaryotic enhancer-binding protein that activates transcription by sigma 54-holoenzyme. NTRC has an
ATPase
activity that is required for transcriptional activation, specifically for isomerization of closed complexes between sigma 54-holoenzyme and a promoter to open complexes. In the absence of ATP hydrolysis, there is known to be a kinetic barrier to open complex formation (i.e., the reaction proceeds so slowly that the polymerase synthesizes essentially no transcripts even from a supercoiled template). We show here that open complex formation is also thermodynamically unfavorable. In the absence of ATP hydrolysis the position of equilibrium between closed and open complexes favors the closed ones. Use of linear templates with a region of heteroduplex around the transcriptional start site--"preopened" templates--does not bypass the requirement for either NTRC or ATP hydrolysis, providing evidence that the rate-limiting step in open complex formation does not lie in DNA strand denaturation per se. These results are in contrast to recent findings regarding the ATP requirement for initiation of transcription by eukaryotic
RNA polymerase II
; in the latter case, the ATP requirement is circumvented by use of a supercoiled plasmid template or a preopened linear template.
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PMID:The bacterial enhancer-binding protein NTRC is a molecular machine: ATP hydrolysis is coupled to transcriptional activation. 764 82
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