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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 14, Pages 1943-1960Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00005-16
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [MCB-1025025, MCB-1518345]
- Feist-Weiller Cancer Center (FWCC Postdoctoral Fellowship)
- LSUHSC Research Foundation (Ike Muslow Predoctoral Fellowship)
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience [1518345] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Mediator is an evolutionarily conserved coactivator complex essential for RNA polymerase II transcription. Although it has been generally assumed that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mediator is a stable trimodular complex, its structural state in vivo remains unclear. Using the anchor away (AA) technique to conditionally deplete select subunits within Mediator and its reversibly associated Cdk8 kinase module (CKM), we provide evidence that Mediator's tail module is highly dynamic and that a subcomplex consisting of Med2, Med3, and Med15 can be independently recruited to the regulatory regions of heat shock factor 1 (Hsf1)-activated genes. Fluorescence microscopy of a scaffold subunit (Med14)-anchored strain confirmed parallel cytoplasmic sequestration of core subunits located outside the tail triad. In addition, and contrary to current models, we provide evidence that Hsf1 can recruit the CKM independently of core Mediator and that core Mediator has a role in regulating postinitiation events. Collectively, our results suggest that yeast Mediator is not monolithic but potentially has a dynamic complexity heretofore unappreciated. Multiple species, including CKM-Mediator, the 21-subunit core complex, the Med2-Med3-Med15 tail triad, and the four-subunit CKM, can be independently recruited by activated Hsf1 to its target genes in AA strains.
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