A Functional Module of Yeast Mediator That Governs the Dynamic Range of Heat-Shock Gene Expression
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Publication Title
Genetics
First Page
2169
Last Page
2184
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.105.052738
Abstract
We report the results of a genetic screen designed to identify transcriptional coregulators of yeast heat-shock factor (HSF). This sequence-specific activator is required to stimulate both basal and induced transcription; however, the identity of factors that collaborate with HSF in governing noninduced heat-shock gene expression is unknown. In an effort to identify these factors, we isolated spontaneous extragenic suppressors of hsp82-ΔHSE1, an allele of HSP82 that bears a 32-bp deletion of its high-affinity HSF-binding site, yet retains its two low-affinity HSF sites. Nearly 200 suppressors of the null phenotype of hsp82-ΔHSE1 were isolated and characterized, and they sorted into six expression without heat-shock element (EWE) complementation groups. Strikingly, all six groups contain alleles of genes that encode subunits of Mediator. Three of the six subunits, Med7, Med10/Nut2, and Med21/Srb7, map to Mediator's middle domain; two subunits, Med14/Rgr1 and Med16/Sin4, to its tail domain; and one subunit, Med19/Rox3, to its head domain. Mutations in genes encoding these factors enhance not only the basal transcription of hsp82-ΔHSE1, but also that of wild-type heat-shock genes. In contrast to their effect on basal transcription, the more severe ewe mutations strongly reduce activated transcription, drastically diminishing the dynamic range of heat-shock gene expression. Notably, targeted deletion of other Mediator subunits, including the negative regulators Cdk8/Srb10, Med5/Nut1, and Med15/Gal11 fail to derepress hsp82-ΔHSE1. Taken together, our data suggest that the Ewe subunits constitute a distinct functional module within Mediator that modulates both basal and induced heat-shock gene transcription.
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Recommended Citation
Singh, Harpreet; Erkine, Alexander M.; Kremer, Selena B.; Duttweiler, Harry M.; Davis, Donnie A.; Iqbal, Jabeb; Gross, Rachel R.; and Gross, David S., "A Functional Module of Yeast Mediator That Governs the Dynamic Range of Heat-Shock Gene Expression" (2006). Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS. 145.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cophs_papers/145