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General transcription factors and core promoter elements play a pivotal role in RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-mediated transcription initiation. In the previous work, we have defined a TFIIA recognition element (IIARE) that modulates Pol II-directed gene transcription in a promoter context-dependent manner. However, how TFIIA interacts with the IIARE and whether the interaction between TFIIA and the IIARE is involved in the regulation of gene transcription by Pol II are not fully understood. In the present study, we confirm that both K348 and K350 residues in TFIIAαβ are required for the interaction between TFIIAαβ and the IIARE. Disruption of the interaction between them by gene mutations dampens TFIIAαβ binding to the AdML-IIARE promoter and the transcriptional activation of the promoter containing a IIARE in vitro and in vivo. Stable expression of the TFIIAαβ mutant containing both K348A and K350A in the cell line with endogenous TFIIAαβ silence represses endogenous gene expression by reducing the occupancies of TFIIAαβ, TBP, p300, and Pol II at the promoters containing a IIARE. The findings from this study provide a novel insight into the regulatory mechanism of gene transcription mediated by TFIIA and the IIARE. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Juan Wang, Kaituo Shi, Zihui Wu, Cheng Zhang, Yuan Li, Huan Deng, Shasha Zhao, Wensheng Deng. Disruption of the interaction between TFIIAαβ and TFIIA recognition element inhibits RNA polymerase II gene transcription in a promoter context-dependent manner. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms. 2020 Oct;1863(10):194611

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