Mediator as a general transcription factor - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2006 Jan 6;281(1):80-9.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M508253200. Epub 2005 Nov 1.

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Mediator as a general transcription factor

Yuichiro Takagi et al. J Biol Chem. 2006.

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Abstract

Others have shown that yeast strains bearing a ts mutation in the Srb4 subunit of Mediator cease transcription of all mRNA at the restrictive temperature, in a manner virtually indistinguishable from a strain bearing a ts mutation in the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. We find that srb4ts Mediator is defective for the stimulation of basal RNA polymerase II transcription at the restrictive temperature in vitro. Taken together, these findings lead to the suggestion that Mediator is required for basal RNA polymerase II transcription in vivo. On this basis, Mediator is identified as a general transcription factor, comparable in importance to RNA polymerase II and other general factors for the initiation of transcription. The possibility that Mediator serves as an anti-inhibitor, opposing the effects of global negative regulators, is largely excluded.

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