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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Dorsal-mediated repression requires the formation of a multiprotein repression complex at the ventral silencer. |
Author: | Valentine, S. Chen, G. Shandala, T. Fernandez, J. Mische, S. Saint, R. Courey, A. |
Citation: | Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1998; 18(11):6584-6594 |
Publisher: | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
ISSN: | 0270-7306 1098-5549 |
Abstract: | Dorsal functions as both an activator and repressor of transcription to determine dorsoventral fate in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo. Repression by Dorsal requires the corepressor Groucho (Gro) and is mediated by silencers termed ventral repression regions (VRRs). A VRR in zerknüllt (zen) contains Dorsal binding sites as well as an essential element termed AT2. We have identified and purified an AT2 DNA binding activity in embryos and shown it to consist of cut (ct) and dead ringer (dri) gene products. Studies of loss-of-function mutations in ct and dri demonstrate that both genes are required for the activity of the AT2 site. Dorsal and Dri both bind Gro, acting cooperatively to recruit it to the DNA. Thus, ventral repression may require the formation of a multiprotein complex at the VRR. This complex includes Dorsal, Gro, and additional DNA binding proteins, which appear to convert Dorsal from an activator to a repressor by enabling it to recruit Gro to the template. By showing how binding site context can dramatically alter transcription factor function, these findings help clarify the mechanisms responsible for the regulatory specificity of transcription factors. |
Keywords: | Animals Drosophila melanogaster DNA-Binding Proteins Homeodomain Proteins Insect Proteins Drosophila Proteins Nerve Tissue Proteins Nuclear Proteins Phosphoproteins Transcription Factors Repressor Proteins Oligodeoxyribonucleotides DNA Footprinting Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Binding Sites Morphogenesis Genes, Insect Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors Transcriptional Activation |
DOI: | 10.1128/MCB.18.11.6584 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.18.11.6584 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Genetics publications |
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