The yeast activator HAP1--a GAL4 family member--binds DNA in a directly repeated orientation.
The yeast transcriptional activator HAP1 contains a DNA- binding domain homologous to GAL4, PPR1, and related factors. By selecting random HAP1-binding sites, we found that HAP1, like GAL4, binds to two CGG triplets. Unlike GAL4, the CGGs in the HAP1 consensus are in a direct and not inverted orientation. Sites with inverted CGGs were not recovered, and mutations converting the direct repeat of CGGs to an inverted repeat greatly reduce HAP1-binding affinity. Also, the 6-bp spacer between the CGGs contains a consensus TA that is positioned asymmetrically. Dimethylsulfate protection patterns on six of these sites show protections and enhancements that also lie in a directly repeated orientation, suggesting that the two HAP1 DNA recognition domains of a HAP1 homodimer are oriented in a directly repeated configuration on the DNA. Moreover, substitution of the HAP1 dimerization domain with that of PPR1, which forms coiled-coils and dimerizes symmetrically, did not diminish the ability of the protein to bind selectively to a direct repeat. This result suggests that one DNA-binding domain of the HAP1 homodimer must be able to swivel 180 degrees relative to the dimerization domain to make specific contacts with the second CGG triplet. Our results present a novel example of domain swiveling in one of the two identical subunits of a homodimer to accommodate specific DNA contacts to both CGG triplets of a direct repeat.[1]References
- The yeast activator HAP1--a GAL4 family member--binds DNA in a directly repeated orientation. Zhang, L., Guarente, L. Genes Dev. (1994) [Pubmed]
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