TFIIIC determines RNA polymerase III specificity at the TATA-containing yeast U6 promoter.

Abstract:

:The gene encoding yeast U6 snRNA that is transcribed by RNA polymerase III (Pol III) contains both a TATA box upstream of the transcription start site and a downstream binding site for the factor TFIIIC. This juxtaposition of elements typical of both Pol II- and Pol III-transcribed genes raises the question of how polymerase specificity is determined. The upstream U6 promoter containing the TATA box and transcription start site was shown previously to be transcribed by Pol III in vitro. We therefore tested whether the upstream promoter of yeast U6 encodes Pol III specificity. One model is that polymerase specificity is conferred by the homologous Pol II and Pol III transcription factors TFIIB and BRF1. However, we found no specificity in the binding of BRF1 or TFIIB to TATA-containing promoters of genes specifically transcribed by Pol III or Pol II. Yeast strains deficient for Pol II or Pol III transcription were employed to examine U6 polymerase specificity in vivo. We find that the U6 upstream promoter is Pol II-specific in vivo and is converted to Pol III specificity by TFIIIC. Thus, preferential recruitment of TFIIIB by TFIIIC probably excludes the Pol II general factors and promotes Pol III transcription, thereby determining polymerase specificity.

journal_name

Genes Dev

journal_title

Genes & development

authors

Roberts S,Colbert T,Hahn S

doi

10.1101/gad.9.7.832

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-04-01 00:00:00

pages

832-42

issue

7

eissn

0890-9369

issn

1549-5477

journal_volume

9

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