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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 4, 页码 1407-1418出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.4.1407-1418.2000
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Identification of a novel mouse nuclear protein termed activator of basal transcription 1 (mABT1) that associates with the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and enhances basal transcription activity of class II promoters is described. We also identify mABT1 homologous counterparts in Caenorhabditis elegans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and show the homologous yeast gene to be essential for growth. The mABT1 associated with TBP in HeLa nuclear extracts and with purified mouse TBP in vitro. In addition, ectopically expressed mABT1 was coimmunoprecipitated with endogenous TBP in transfected cells. More importantly, mABT1 significantly enhanced transcription from an adenovirus major late promoter in a reconstituted cell-free system. We furthermore demonstrate that mABT1 consistently enhanced transcription from a reporter gene with a minimal core promoter as well as from reporter genes with various enhancer elements in a cotransfection assay. Taken together, these results suggest that mABT1 is a novel TBP-binding protein which can function as a basal transcription activator.
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