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Structural highlights

Function

[T2AG_YEAST] TFIIA is a component of the transcription machinery of RNA polymerase II and plays an important role in transcriptional activation. TFIIA in a complex with TBP mediates transcriptional activity.^[1] [TBP_YEAST] General transcription factor that functions at the core of the DNA-binding general transcription factor complex TFIID. Binding of TFIID to a promoter (with or without TATA element) is the initial step in preinitiation complex (PIC) formation. TFIID plays a key role in the regulation of gene expression by RNA polymerase II through different activities such as transcription activator interaction, core promoter recognition and selectivity, TFIIA and TFIIB interaction, chromatin modification (histone acetylation by TAF1), facilitation of DNA opening and initiation of transcription.^{[2] [3] [4]} [TOA1_YEAST] TFIIA is a component of the transcription machinery of RNA polymerase II and implicated in the regulation of basal transcription. Interacts with TBP (the TATA-binding protein).

Evolutionary Conservation

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See Also

• TATA-binding protein 3D structures
• Transcription initiation factors 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Ranish JA, Hahn S. The yeast general transcription factor TFIIA is composed of two polypeptide subunits. J Biol Chem. 1991 Oct 15;266(29):19320-7. PMID:1918049
2. ↑ Hampsey M. Molecular genetics of the RNA polymerase II general transcriptional machinery. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 1998 Jun;62(2):465-503. PMID:9618449
3. ↑ Sanders SL, Garbett KA, Weil PA. Molecular characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae TFIID. Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Aug;22(16):6000-13. PMID:12138208
4. ↑ Martinez E. Multi-protein complexes in eukaryotic gene transcription. Plant Mol Biol. 2002 Dec;50(6):925-47. PMID:12516863