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|PDB= 1c9b |SIZE=350|CAPTION= <scene name='initialview01'>1c9b</scene>, resolution 2.65Å | |PDB= 1c9b |SIZE=350|CAPTION= <scene name='initialview01'>1c9b</scene>, resolution 2.65Å | ||
|SITE= | |SITE= | ||
|LIGAND= | |LIGAND= <scene name='pdbligand=DA:2'-DEOXYADENOSINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE'>DA</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=DC:2'-DEOXYCYTIDINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE'>DC</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=DG:2'-DEOXYGUANOSINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE'>DG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=DT:THYMIDINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE'>DT</scene> | ||
|ACTIVITY= | |ACTIVITY= | ||
|GENE= | |GENE= | ||
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|RELATEDENTRY=[[1vol|1VOL]], [[1ais|1AIS]], [[1tfb|1TFB]] | |||
|RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1c9b FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1c9b OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1c9b PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1c9b RCSB]</span> | |||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Transcription initiation requires the assembly of a preinitiation complex (PIC), which is nucleated through binding of the TATA-box binding protein (TBP) to the promoter. Biochemical studies have shown, however, that TBP recognizes the TATA-box in both orientations and, therefore, cannot account for the directionality of PIC assembly. Transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) is essential for transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoters. Recent functional studies have identified a specific 7 bp TFIIB recognition element (BRE) immediately upstream of the TATA-box. We present here the 2.65 A resolution crystal structure of a human TFIIBc-TBPc complex bound to an idealized and extended adenovirus major late promoter. This structure now reveals that human TFIIBc binds to the promoter asymmetrically through base-specific contacts in the major groove upstream and in the minor groove downstream of the TATA-box. Binding of TFIIBc is, therefore, synergistic with TBPc requiring the distortion of the TATA-box. Thus, the newly described TFIIBc-DNA interface is likely to be a key determinant for the unidirectional assembly of a functional PIC. | Transcription initiation requires the assembly of a preinitiation complex (PIC), which is nucleated through binding of the TATA-box binding protein (TBP) to the promoter. Biochemical studies have shown, however, that TBP recognizes the TATA-box in both orientations and, therefore, cannot account for the directionality of PIC assembly. Transcription factor IIB (TFIIB) is essential for transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoters. Recent functional studies have identified a specific 7 bp TFIIB recognition element (BRE) immediately upstream of the TATA-box. We present here the 2.65 A resolution crystal structure of a human TFIIBc-TBPc complex bound to an idealized and extended adenovirus major late promoter. This structure now reveals that human TFIIBc binds to the promoter asymmetrically through base-specific contacts in the major groove upstream and in the minor groove downstream of the TATA-box. Binding of TFIIBc is, therefore, synergistic with TBPc requiring the distortion of the TATA-box. Thus, the newly described TFIIBc-DNA interface is likely to be a key determinant for the unidirectional assembly of a functional PIC. | ||
==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
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[[Category: tata-box]] | [[Category: tata-box]] | ||
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