The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4.
The Gal4 protein is a well-known prototypic acidic activator that has multiple activation domains. We have previously identified a new activation domain called the nine amino acid transactivation domain (9aaTAD) in Gal4 protein. The family of the 9aaTAD activators currently comprises over 40 members...
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| author | Martin Piskacek Marek Havelka Martina Rezacova Andrea Knight |
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| description | The Gal4 protein is a well-known prototypic acidic activator that has multiple activation domains. We have previously identified a new activation domain called the nine amino acid transactivation domain (9aaTAD) in Gal4 protein. The family of the 9aaTAD activators currently comprises over 40 members including p53, MLL, E2A and other members of the Gal4 family; Oaf1, Pip2, Pdr1 and Pdr3. In this study, we revised function of all reported Gal4 activation domains. Surprisingly, we found that beside of the activation domain 9aaTAD none of the previously reported activation domains had considerable transactivation potential and were not involved in the activation of transcription. Our results demonstrated that the 9aaTAD domain is the only decisive activation domain in the Gal4 protein. We found that the artificial peptides included in the original Gal4 constructs were results of an unintended consequence of cloning that were responsible for the artificial transcriptional activity. Importantly, the activation domain 9aaTAD, which is the exclusive activation domain in Gal4, is also the central part of a conserved sequence recognized by the inhibitory protein Gal80. We propose a revision of the Gal4 regulation, in which the activation domain 9aaTAD is directly linked to both activation function and Gal80 mediated inhibition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca229c970a1742b5bb360424963cefed2022-12-22T00:46:53ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01121e016926110.1371/journal.pone.0169261The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4.Martin PiskacekMarek HavelkaMartina RezacovaAndrea KnightThe Gal4 protein is a well-known prototypic acidic activator that has multiple activation domains. We have previously identified a new activation domain called the nine amino acid transactivation domain (9aaTAD) in Gal4 protein. The family of the 9aaTAD activators currently comprises over 40 members including p53, MLL, E2A and other members of the Gal4 family; Oaf1, Pip2, Pdr1 and Pdr3. In this study, we revised function of all reported Gal4 activation domains. Surprisingly, we found that beside of the activation domain 9aaTAD none of the previously reported activation domains had considerable transactivation potential and were not involved in the activation of transcription. Our results demonstrated that the 9aaTAD domain is the only decisive activation domain in the Gal4 protein. We found that the artificial peptides included in the original Gal4 constructs were results of an unintended consequence of cloning that were responsible for the artificial transcriptional activity. Importantly, the activation domain 9aaTAD, which is the exclusive activation domain in Gal4, is also the central part of a conserved sequence recognized by the inhibitory protein Gal80. We propose a revision of the Gal4 regulation, in which the activation domain 9aaTAD is directly linked to both activation function and Gal80 mediated inhibition.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5215927?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Martin Piskacek Marek Havelka Martina Rezacova Andrea Knight The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4. PLoS ONE |
| title | The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4. |
| title_full | The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4. |
| title_fullStr | The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4. |
| title_short | The 9aaTAD Is Exclusive Activation Domain in Gal4. |
| title_sort | 9aatad is exclusive activation domain in gal4 |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5215927?pdf=render |
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