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NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 31-U47Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2192
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM051377] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM051377] Funding Source: Medline
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Information about environmental stimuli is often transmitted using common signaling molecules, but the mechanisms that ensure signaling specificity are not entirely known. Here we show that the identities and intensities of different stresses are transmitted by modulation of the amplitude, duration or frequency of nuclear translocation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae general stress response transcription factor Msn2. Through artificial control of the dynamics of Msn2 translocation, we reveal how distinct dynamical schemes differentially affect reporter gene expression. Using a simple model, we predict stress-induced reporter gene expression from single-cell translocation dynamics. We then demonstrate that the response of natural target genes to dynamical modulation of Msn2 translocation is influenced by differences in the kinetics of promoter transitions and transcription factor binding properties. Thus, multiple environmental signals can trigger qualitatively different dynamics of a single transcription factor and influence gene expression patterns.
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