Self-association of the Amino-terminal Domain of the Yeast TATA-binding Protein

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The amino-terminal domain of yeast TATA-binding protein has been proposed to play a crucial role in the self-association mechanism(s) of the full-length protein. Here we tested the ability of this domain to self-associate under a variety of solution conditions. Escherichia coli two-hybrid assays, in vitro pull-down assays, and in vitro cross-linking provided qualitative evidence for a limited and specific self-association. Sedimentation equilibrium analysis using purified protein was consistent with a monomer-dimer equilibrium with an apparent dissociation constant of ∼8.4 μM. Higher stoichiometry associations remain possible but could not be detected by any of these methods. These results demonstrate that the minimal structure necessary for amino-terminal domain self-association must be present even in the absence of carboxyl-terminal domain structures. On the basis of these results we propose that amino-terminal domain structures contribute to the oligomerization interface of the full-length yeast TATA-binding protein.

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Adams, C. A., Kar, S. R., Hopper, J. E., & Fried, M. G. (2004). Self-association of the Amino-terminal Domain of the Yeast TATA-binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279(2), 1376–1382. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M307867200

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