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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 780-785Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.01.019
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- Cancer Research UK Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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Gene activation is often associated with high levels of histone acetylation. Enhanced acetylation levels can promote the recruitment of further chromatin modifying complexes or the basal transcription machinery. Here, we have studied MAP kinase-mediated upregulation of c-fos and uncover a role for histone acetylation in promoting the recruitment of a second transcription factor, NFI. MAP kinase signaling to Elk-1 enhances the net histone acetylase activity associated with the c-fos promoter, which leads to changes in the acetylation state and structure of a promoterproximal nucleosome, which allows NFI binding. Binding of NFI provides a permissive state for the recruitment of basal machinery and subsequent promoter activation. Our results provide insights into how MAP kinase signaling promotes inducible gene expression; phosphorylation of recipient transcription factors (primary effectors) triggers a HAT relay switch, which facilitates the recruitment of additional transcription factors (secondary effectors) through alteration of the local nucleosomal structure.
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