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Recruitment of the ArgR/Mcm1p repressor is stimulated by the activator Gcn4p: a self-checking activation mechanism.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2004 Aug 10; Vol. 101 (32), pp. 11713-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2004 Aug 02. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Transcription of the arginine biosynthetic gene ARG1 is repressed by the ArgR/Mcm1p complex in arginine-replete cells and activated by Gcn4p, a transcription factor induced by starvation for any amino acid. We show that all four subunits of the arginine repressor are recruited to ARG1 by Gcn4p in cells replete with arginine but starved for isoleucine/valine. None of these proteins is recruited to the Gcn4p target genes ARG4 and SNZ1, which are not regulated by ArgR/Mcm1p. Mcm1p and Arg80p were found in a soluble complex lacking Arg81p and Arg82p, and both Mcm1p and Arg80p were efficiently recruited to ARG1 in wild-type cells in the presence or absence of exogenous arginine, and also in arg81Delta cells. By contrast, the recruitment of Arg81p and Arg82p was stimulated by exogenous arginine. These findings suggest that Gcn4p constitutively recruits an Mcm1p/Arg80p heterodimer and that efficient assembly of a functional repressor also containing Arg81p and Arg82p occurs only in arginine excess. By recruiting an arginine-regulated repressor, Gcn4p can precisely modulate its activation function at ARG1 according to the availability of arginine.
- Subjects :
- Arginine biosynthesis
Arginine pharmacology
DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism
Isoleucine deficiency
Macromolecular Substances
Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein physiology
Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) metabolism
Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) physiology
Protein Binding physiology
Protein Kinases metabolism
Repressor Proteins physiology
Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism
Transcription Factors metabolism
Transcription Factors physiology
Valine deficiency
DNA-Binding Proteins physiology
Feedback, Physiological
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein metabolism
Protein Kinases physiology
Repressor Proteins metabolism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins physiology
Transcription, Genetic
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0027-8424
- Volume :
- 101
- Issue :
- 32
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15289616
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0404652101