Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Seizl, Martin
• Larivière, Laurent
• Pfaffeneder, Toni
• Wenzeck, Larissa
• Cramer, Patrick

Titel

Mediator head subcomplex Med11/22 contains a common helix bundle building block with a specific function in transcription initiation complex stabilization

Ist Teil von

• Nucleic acids research, 2011-08, Vol.39 (14), p.6291-6304

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mediator is a multiprotein co-activator of RNA polymerase (Pol) II transcription. Mediator contains a conserved core that comprises the 'head' and 'middle' modules. We present here a structure-function analysis of the essential Med11/22 heterodimer, a part of the head module. Med11/22 forms a conserved four-helix bundle domain with C-terminal extensions, which bind the central head subunit Med17. A highly conserved patch on the bundle surface is required for stable transcription pre-initiation complex formation on a Pol II promoter in vitro and in vivo and may recruit the general transcription factor TFIIH. The bundle domain fold is also present in the Mediator middle module subcomplex Med7/21 and is predicted in the Mediator heterodimers Med2/3, Med4/9, Med10/14 and Med28/30. The bundle domain thus represents a common building block that has been multiplied and functionally diversified during Mediator evolution in eukaryotes.