Interactions with Single-stranded and Double-stranded DNA-binding Factors and Alternative Promoter Conformation upon Transcriptional Activation of the Htf9-a/RanBP1 andHtf9-c Genes*

G. Di Matteo,Massimiliano Salerno,G. Guarguaglini,B. Di Fiore,F. Palitti,P. Lavia

Published 1998 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

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The murine Htf9-a/RanBP1 andHtf9-c genes are divergently transcribed from a shared TATA-less promoter. Transcription of both genes is initiated on complementary DNA strands and is controlled by cell cycle-dependent mechanisms. The bidirectional promoter harbors a genomic footprint flanking the major transcription start site of both genes. Transient promoter assays showed that the footprinted element is important for transcription of both genes. Protein-binding experiments and antibody assays indicated that members of the retinoid X receptor family interact with the double-stranded site. In addition, distinct factors interact with single DNA strands of the element. Double-stranded binding factors were highly expressed in liver cells, in which neither gene is transcribed, while single-stranded binding proteins were abundant in cycling cells, in which transcription of both genes is efficient. In vivo S1 analysis of the promoter depicted an S1-sensitive organization in cells in which transcription of both genes is active; S1 sensitivity was not detected in conditions of transcriptional repression. Thus, the same element is a target for either retinoid X receptor factors, or for single-stranded binding proteins, and form distinct complexes in different cellular conditions depending on the DNA conformation in the binding site.

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