ATAC and Mediator coactivators form a stable complex and regulate a set of non-coding RNA genes.

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Date publication

juillet 2010

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr TORA Laszlo


Tous les auteurs :
Krebs AR, Demmers J, Karmodiya K, Chang NC, Chang AC, Tora L

Résumé

The Ada-Two-A-containing (ATAC) histone acetyltransferase and Mediator coactivator complexes regulate independent and distinct steps during transcription initiation and elongation. Here, we report the identification of a new stable molecular assembly formed between the ATAC and Mediator complexes in mouse embryonic stem cells. Moreover, we identify leucine zipper motif-containing protein 1 as a subunit of this meta-coactivator complex (MECO). Finally, we demonstrate that the MECO regulates a subset of RNA polymerase II-transcribed non-coding RNA genes. Our findings establish that transcription coactivator complexes can form stable subcomplexes to facilitate their combined actions on specific target genes.

Référence

EMBO Rep. 2010 Jul;11(7):541-7