Publication Date:
2009-10-09
Description:
Growing evidence supports the notion that proteasome-mediated destruction of transcriptional activators can be intimately coupled to their function. Recently, Nalley et al. challenged this view by reporting that the prototypical yeast activator Gal4 does not dynamically associate with chromatin, but rather 'locks in' to stable promoter complexes that are resistant to competition. Here we present evidence that the assay used to reach this conclusion is unsuitable, and that promoter-bound, active Gal4 is indeed susceptible to competition in vivo. Our data challenge the key evidence that Nalley et al. used to reach their conclusion, and indicate that Gal4 functions in vivo within the context of dynamic promoter complexes.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072683/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072683/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Collins, Galen A -- Lipford, J Russell -- Deshaies, Raymond J -- Tansey, William P -- P01 CA013106/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA013106-310027/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2009 Oct 8;461(7265):E7; discussion E8. doi: 10.1038/nature08406.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Watson School of Biological Sciences, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19812621" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Binding, Competitive/drug effects
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Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
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DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism
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Estradiol/pharmacology
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Galactokinase/genetics
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Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
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Protein Binding/drug effects
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Receptors, Estrogen/agonists/chemistry/metabolism
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Reproducibility of Results
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Research Design
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Tamoxifen/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology
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Trans-Activators/genetics
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Transcription Factors/*metabolism
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*Transcription, Genetic
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*Transcriptional Activation
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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