Differential Effects of Chromatin and Gcn4 on the 50-Fold Range of Expression among Individual Yeast Ty1 Retrotransposons
Copyright policy )Differential Effects of Chromatin and Gcn4 on the 50-Fold Range of Expression among Individual Yeast Ty1 Retrotransposons
Approximately 30 copies of the Ty1 retrotransposon are present in the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Previous studies gave insights into the global regulation of Ty1 transcription but provided no information on the behavior of individual genomic elements. This work shows that the expression of 31 individual Ty1 elements in S288C varies over a 50-fold range. Their transcription is repressed by chromatin structures, which are antagonized by the Swi/Snf and SAGA chromatin-modifying complexes in highly expressed Ty1 elements. These elements carry five potential Gcn4 binding sites in their promoter regions that are mostly absent in weakly expressed Ty1 copies. Consistent with this observation, Gcn4 activates the transcription of highly expressed Ty1 elements only. One of the potential Gcn4 binding sites acts as an upstream activating sequence in vivo and interacts with Gcn4 in vitro. Since Gcn4 has been shown to interact with Swi/Snf and SAGA, we predict that Gcn4 activates Ty1 transcription by targeting these complexes to specific Ty1 promoters.
Binding Sites, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Models, Genetic, Retroelements, Transcription, Genetic, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Response Elements, Chromatin, DNA-Binding Proteins, Fungal Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Gene Silencing, RNA, Messenger, Amino Acids, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Kinases, Transcription Factors
Binding Sites, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Models, Genetic, Retroelements, Transcription, Genetic, Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone, Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Response Elements, Chromatin, DNA-Binding Proteins, Fungal Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Gene Silencing, RNA, Messenger, Amino Acids, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Kinases, Transcription Factors
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