Structural highlights
Function
[TAF5_HUMAN] TAFs are components of the transcription factor IID (TFIID) complex, PCAF histone acetylase complex and TBP-free TAFII complex (TFTC). TAFs components-TIIFD are essential for mediating regulation of RNA polymerase transcription. TAF5/TAFII100 interacts strongly with the histone H4-related TAF6/TAFII80 and the histone H3-related TAF9/TAFII31, as well as a stable complex comprised of both TAF5/TAFII80 and TAF6/TAFII31. Apparently weaker interactions of TAF5/TAFII100 with TBP, TAF1/TAFII250, TAF11/TAFII28, and TAF12/TAFII20, but not TAF7/TAFII55, also have been observed.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
TFIID is an essential factor required for RNA polymerase II transcription but remains poorly understood because of its intrinsic complexity. Human TAF5, a 100-kDa subunit of general transcription factor TFIID, is an essential gene and plays a critical role in assembling the 1.2 MDa TFIID complex. We report here a structural analysis of the TAF5 protein. Our structure at 2.2-A resolution of the TAF5-NTD2 domain reveals an alpha-helical domain with distant structural similarity to RNA polymerase II CTD interacting factors. The TAF5-NTD2 domain contains several conserved clefts likely to be critical for TFIID complex assembly. Our biochemical analysis of the human TAF5 protein demonstrates the ability of the N-terminal half of the TAF5 gene to form a flexible, extended dimer, a key property required for the assembly of the TFIID complex.
Structural analysis and dimerization potential of the human TAF5 subunit of TFIID.,Bhattacharya S, Takada S, Jacobson RH Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 23;104(4):1189-94. Epub 2007 Jan 16. PMID:17227857[1]
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References
- ↑ Bhattacharya S, Takada S, Jacobson RH. Structural analysis and dimerization potential of the human TAF5 subunit of TFIID. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 23;104(4):1189-94. Epub 2007 Jan 16. PMID:17227857
