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- Title
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yta7 regulates histone gene expression.
- Authors
Gradolatto, Angeline; Rogers, Richard S; Lavender, Heather; Taverna, Sean D; Allis, C David; Aitchison, John D; Tackett, Alan J
- Abstract
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yta7 protein is a component of a nucleosome bound protein complex that maintains distinct transcriptional zones of chromatin. We previously found that one protein copurifying with Yta7 is the yFACT member Spt16. Epistasis analyses revealed a link between Yta7, Spt16, and other previously identified members of the histone regulatory pathway. In concurrence, Yta7 was found to regulate histone gene transcription in a cell-cycle-dependent manner. Association at the histone gene loci appeared to occur through binding of the bromodomain-like region of Yta7 with the N-terminal tail of histone H3. Our work suggests a mechanism in which Yta7 is localized to chromatin to establish regions of transcriptional silencing, and that one facet of this cellular mechanism is to modulate transcription of histone genes.
- Publication
Genetics, 2008, Vol 179, Issue 1, p291
- ISSN
0016-6731
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1534/genetics.107.086520