Identification of mammalian mediator subunits with similarities to yeast mediator subunits Srb5, Srb6, Med11, and Rox3

Shigeo Sato, Chieri Tomomori-Sato, Charles A.S. Banks, Irina Sorokina, Tari J. Parmely, Stephanie E. Kong, Jingji Jin, Yong Cai, William S. Lane, Christopher S. Brower, Ronald C. Conaway, Joan Weliky Conaway

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Abstract

The Mediator is a multiprotein coactivator required for activation of RNA polymerase II transcription by DNA binding transactivators. We recently identified a mammalian homologue of yeast Mediator subunit Med8 and partially purified a Med8-containing Mediator complex from rat liver nuclei (Brower, C. S., Sato, S., Tomomori-Sato, C., Kamura, T., Pause, A., Stearman, R., Klausner, R. D., Malik, S., Lane, W. S., Sorokina, I., Roeder, R. G., Conaway, J. W., and Conaway, R. C. (2002) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99, 10353-10358). Analysis of proteins present in the most highly purified Med8-containing fractions by tandem mass spectrometry led to the identification of many known mammalian Mediator subunits, as well as four potential Mediator subunits exhibiting sequence similarity to yeast Mediator subunits Srb5, Srb6, Med11, and Rox3. Here we present direct biochemical evidence that these four proteins are bona fide mammalian Mediator subunits. In addition, we identify direct pairwise binding partners of these proteins among the known mammalian Mediator subunits. Taken together, our findings identify a collection of novel mammalian Mediator subunits and shed new light on the underlying architecture of the mammalian Mediator complex.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)15123-15127
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume278
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 25 2003
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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