Regulation of Polycomb group complexes by the sequence-specific DNA binding proteins Zeste and GAGA
Genes & DevelopmentPublished 15 November 2003Open access
Niveen Mulholland, Ian King, Robert E. Kingston
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Zeste and GAGA factor use distinct means to increase repression mediated by PRC1 and nucleosomal templates bound by G AGA are more efficiently bound and more efficiently inhibited by PCC.
Abstract
Repression and activation of the expression of homeotic genes are maintained by proteins encoded by the Polycomb group (PcG) and trithorax group (trxG) genes. Complexes formed by these proteins are targeted by PcG or trxG response elements (PREs/TREs), which share binding sites for several of the same factors. GAGA factor and Zeste bind specifically to PREs/TREs and have been shown to act as both activators and repressors. We have used purified proteins and complexes reconstituted from recombinant subunits to characterize the effects of GAGA and Zeste proteins on PcG function using a defined in vitro system. Zeste directly associates with the PRC1 core complex (PCC) and enhances the inhibitory activity of this complex on all templates, with a preference for templates with Zeste binding sites. GAGA does not stably associate with PCC, but nucleosomal templates bound by GAGA are more efficiently bound and more efficiently inhibited by PCC. Thus Zeste and GAGA factor use distinct means to increase repression mediated by PRC1.
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