Cooperative model for the binding of Xenopus transcription factor A to the 5S RNA gene.
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 80 (8) , 2142-2145
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.80.8.2142
Abstract
The transcription regulatory protein factor A and 7S particles containing 5S RNA were purified to near homogeneity from X. laevis oocytes. The binding of the transcription factor to the X. borealis somatic 5S RNMA gene was monitored by quantitating the DNase I protection patterns of the protein-DNA interaction. Under stoichiometric binding conditions, i.e., when all added DNA binds to the factor, 2 protein molecules are required to saturate the 5S RNA gene. Under equilibrium binding conditions, titration of the 5S RNA gene with factor A results in a sigmoidal binding isotherm suggesting a cooperative interaction; half-saturation of binding is observed at a free factor A concentration of 1 nM. Cooperative binding between factor A and the 5S RNA gene may contribute to the stability of the transcription apparatus and its maintenance during cell division.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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