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Structural highlights

Disease

[TAF1_HUMAN] Defects in TAF1 are the cause of dystonia type 3 (DYT3) [MIM:314250]; also called X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP). DYT3 is a X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism disorder. Dystonia is defined by the presence of sustained involuntary muscle contractions, often leading to abnormal postures. DYT3 is characterized by severe progressive torsion dystonia followed by parkinsonism. Its prevalence is high in the Philippines. DYT3 has a well-defined pathology of extensive neuronal loss and mosaic gliosis in the striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen) which appears to resemble that in Huntington disease.^{[1] [2]} [TAF2_HUMAN] Microcephaly-thin corpus callosum-intellectual disability syndrome. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. [TBP_HUMAN] Defects in TBP are the cause of spinocerebellar ataxia type 17 (SCA17) [MIM:607136]. Spinocerebellar ataxia is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of cerebellar disorders. Patients show progressive incoordination of gait and often poor coordination of hands, speech and eye movements, due to degeneration of the cerebellum with variable involvement of the brainstem and spinal cord. SCA17 is an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) characterized by widespread cerebral and cerebellar atrophy, dementia and extrapyramidal signs. The molecular defect in SCA17 is the expansion of a CAG repeat in the coding region of TBP. Longer expansions result in earlier onset and more severe clinical manifestations of the disease.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Function

[TAF8_HUMAN] Transcription factor TFIID is one of the general factors required for accurate and regulated initiation by RNA polymerase II. Mediates both basal and activator-dependent transcription. Plays a role in the differentiation of preadipocyte fibroblasts to adipocytes, however, does not seem to play a role in differentiation of myoblasts. Required for the integration of TAF10 in the TAF complex. May be important for survival of cells of the inner cell mass which constitute the pluripotent cell population of the early embryo (By similarity). [TF2AA_HUMAN] 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.^{[6] [7]} [TAF1_HUMAN] Largest component and core scaffold of the TFIID basal transcription factor complex. Contains novel N- and C-terminal Ser/Thr kinase domains which can autophosphorylate or transphosphorylate other transcription factors. Phosphorylates TP53 on 'Thr-55' which leads to MDM2-mediated degradation of TP53. Phosphorylates GTF2A1 and GTF2F1 on Ser residues. Possesses DNA-binding activity. Essential for progression of the G1 phase of the cell cycle.^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]} [TAF2_HUMAN] Transcription factor TFIID is one of the general factors required for accurate and regulated initiation by RNA polymerase II. TFIID is a multimeric protein complex that plays a central role in mediating promoter responses to various activators and repressors. It requires core promoter-specific cofactors for productive transcription stimulation. TAF2 stabilizes TFIID binding to core promoter.^{[15] [16]} [TAF7_HUMAN] Functions as a component of the DNA-binding general transcription factor complex TFIID, a multimeric protein complex that plays a central role in mediating promoter responses to various activators and repressors. Present in both of the previously described TFIID species which either lack or contain TAFII30 (TFIID alpha and TFIID beta respectively). [TBP_HUMAN] General transcription factor that functions at the core of the DNA-binding multiprotein factor TFIID. Binding of TFIID to the TATA box is the initial transcriptional step of the pre-initiation complex (PIC), playing a role in the activation of eukaryotic genes transcribed by RNA polymerase II. Component of the transcription factor SL1/TIF-IB complex, which is involved in the assembly of the PIC (preinitiation complex) during RNA polymerase I-dependent transcription. The rate of PIC formation probably is primarily dependent on the rate of association of SL1 with the rDNA promoter. SL1 is involved in stabilization of nucleolar transcription factor 1/UBTF on rDNA.^[17] [T2AG_HUMAN] 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.^[18] [TAF6_HUMAN] TAFs are components of the transcription factor IID (TFIID) complex, PCAF histone acetylase complex and TBP-free TAFII complex (TFTC). TIIFD is multimeric protein complex that plays a central role in mediating promoter responses to various activators and repressors.

See Also

• TATA-Binding Protein
• Transcription initiation factor

References

1. ↑ Nolte D, Niemann S, Muller U. Specific sequence changes in multiple transcript system DYT3 are associated with X-linked dystonia parkinsonism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Sep 2;100(18):10347-52. Epub 2003 Aug 19. PMID:12928496 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1831949100
2. ↑ Makino S, Kaji R, Ando S, Tomizawa M, Yasuno K, Goto S, Matsumoto S, Tabuena MD, Maranon E, Dantes M, Lee LV, Ogasawara K, Tooyama I, Akatsu H, Nishimura M, Tamiya G. Reduced neuron-specific expression of the TAF1 gene is associated with X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Mar;80(3):393-406. Epub 2007 Jan 23. PMID:17273961 doi:S0002-9297(07)60089-5
3. ↑ Zuhlke C, Hellenbroich Y, Dalski A, Kononowa N, Hagenah J, Vieregge P, Riess O, Klein C, Schwinger E. Different types of repeat expansion in the TATA-binding protein gene are associated with a new form of inherited ataxia. Eur J Hum Genet. 2001 Mar;9(3):160-4. PMID:11313753 doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200617
4. ↑ Nakamura K, Jeong SY, Uchihara T, Anno M, Nagashima K, Nagashima T, Ikeda S, Tsuji S, Kanazawa I. SCA17, a novel autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia caused by an expanded polyglutamine in TATA-binding protein. Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Jul 1;10(14):1441-8. PMID:11448935
5. ↑ Silveira I, Miranda C, Guimaraes L, Moreira MC, Alonso I, Mendonca P, Ferro A, Pinto-Basto J, Coelho J, Ferreirinha F, Poirier J, Parreira E, Vale J, Januario C, Barbot C, Tuna A, Barros J, Koide R, Tsuji S, Holmes SE, Margolis RL, Jardim L, Pandolfo M, Coutinho P, Sequeiros J. Trinucleotide repeats in 202 families with ataxia: a small expanded (CAG)n allele at the SCA17 locus. Arch Neurol. 2002 Apr;59(4):623-9. PMID:11939898
6. ↑ Mitsiou DJ, Stunnenberg HG. TAC, a TBP-sans-TAFs complex containing the unprocessed TFIIAalphabeta precursor and the TFIIAgamma subunit. Mol Cell. 2000 Sep;6(3):527-37. PMID:11030333
7. ↑ Zhou H, Spicuglia S, Hsieh JJ, Mitsiou DJ, Hoiby T, Veenstra GJ, Korsmeyer SJ, Stunnenberg HG. Uncleaved TFIIA is a substrate for taspase 1 and active in transcription. Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Apr;26(7):2728-35. PMID:16537915 doi:26/7/2728
8. ↑ Sekiguchi T, Nohiro Y, Nakamura Y, Hisamoto N, Nishimoto T. The human CCG1 gene, essential for progression of the G1 phase, encodes a 210-kilodalton nuclear DNA-binding protein. Mol Cell Biol. 1991 Jun;11(6):3317-25. PMID:2038334
9. ↑ Hisatake K, Hasegawa S, Takada R, Nakatani Y, Horikoshi M, Roeder RG. The p250 subunit of native TATA box-binding factor TFIID is the cell-cycle regulatory protein CCG1. Nature. 1993 Mar 11;362(6416):179-81. PMID:8450888 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/362179a0
10. ↑ Dikstein R, Ruppert S, Tjian R. TAFII250 is a bipartite protein kinase that phosphorylates the base transcription factor RAP74. Cell. 1996 Mar 8;84(5):781-90. PMID:8625415
11. ↑ O'Brien T, Tjian R. Functional analysis of the human TAFII250 N-terminal kinase domain. Mol Cell. 1998 May;1(6):905-11. PMID:9660973
12. ↑ Siegert JL, Robbins PD. Rb inhibits the intrinsic kinase activity of TATA-binding protein-associated factor TAFII250. Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Jan;19(1):846-54. PMID:9858607
13. ↑ Solow S, Salunek M, Ryan R, Lieberman PM. Taf(II) 250 phosphorylates human transcription factor IIA on serine residues important for TBP binding and transcription activity. J Biol Chem. 2001 May 11;276(19):15886-92. Epub 2001 Feb 20. PMID:11278496 doi:10.1074/jbc.M009385200
14. ↑ Li HH, Li AG, Sheppard HM, Liu X. Phosphorylation on Thr-55 by TAF1 mediates degradation of p53: a role for TAF1 in cell G1 progression. Mol Cell. 2004 Mar 26;13(6):867-78. PMID:15053879
15. ↑ Kaufmann J, Ahrens K, Koop R, Smale ST, Muller R. CIF150, a human cofactor for transcription factor IID-dependent initiator function. Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Jan;18(1):233-9. PMID:9418870
16. ↑ Martinez E, Ge H, Tao Y, Yuan CX, Palhan V, Roeder RG. Novel cofactors and TFIIA mediate functional core promoter selectivity by the human TAFII150-containing TFIID complex. Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Nov;18(11):6571-83. PMID:9774672
17. ↑ Friedrich JK, Panov KI, Cabart P, Russell J, Zomerdijk JC. TBP-TAF complex SL1 directs RNA polymerase I pre-initiation complex formation and stabilizes upstream binding factor at the rDNA promoter. J Biol Chem. 2005 Aug 19;280(33):29551-8. Epub 2005 Jun 21. PMID:15970593 doi:10.1074/jbc.M501595200
18. ↑ Mitsiou DJ, Stunnenberg HG. TAC, a TBP-sans-TAFs complex containing the unprocessed TFIIAalphabeta precursor and the TFIIAgamma subunit. Mol Cell. 2000 Sep;6(3):527-37. PMID:11030333
19. ↑ Louder RK, He Y, Lopez-Blanco JR, Fang J, Chacon P, Nogales E. Structure of promoter-bound TFIID and model of human pre-initiation complex assembly. Nature. 2016 Mar 31;531(7596):604-9. doi: 10.1038/nature17394. Epub 2016 Mar 23. PMID:27007846 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature17394