HP1-mediated silencing targets Pol II coactivator complexes.

Nat Struct Mol Biol

Department of Biological Chemistry, 351A Biomedical Sciences Research Building, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1737, USA.

Published: March 2008

Little is known of the specific biochemical mechanism by which heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) inactivates a gene. We analyzed HP1-mediated inhibition of preinitiation complex (PIC) assembly in vitro on chromatin templates regulated by GAL4-VP16 or Sp1. HP1 blocked key subunits of the TFIID and Mediator coactivator complexes. Notably, binding of the same subunits was inhibited by HP1 on the Sp1-regulated survivin gene in vivo upon DNA damage-induced silencing.

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