RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription in trypanosomes is associated with a SNAP complex-like transcription factor.

ABSTRACT: Spliced leader RNA transcription is essential for cell viability in trypanosomes. The SL RNA genes are expressed from the only defined RNA polymerase II-dependent promoter identified to date in the trypanosome genome. The SL RNA gene promoter has been shown by in vitro and in vivo analyses to have a tripartite architecture. The upstream most cis-acting element, called PBP-1E, is located between 70 and 60 bp upstream from the transcription start site. This essential element functions along with two downstream elements to direct efficient and proper initiation of transcription. Electrophoretic mobility-shift studies detected a 122-kDa protein, called PBP-1, which interacts with PBP-1E. This protein is the first sequence-specific, double-stranded DNA-binding protein isolated in trypanosomes.

SUBMITTER: Das A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC140888 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature