Competitive recruitment of CBP and Rb-HDAC regulates UBF acetylation and ribosomal transcription

Guillaume Pelletier, Victor Y. Stefanovsky, Marlène Faubladier, Iwona Hirschler-Laszkiewicz, Julie Savard, Lawrence I. Rothblum, Jacques Côté, Tom Moss

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Abstract

RNA polymerase I (Poll) transcription is activated by the HMG box architectural factor UBF, which loops approximately 140 bp of DNA into the enhancesome, necessitating major chromatin remodeling. Here we show that the acetyltransferase CBP is recruited to and acetylates UBF both in vitro and in vivo. CBP activates Poll transcription in vivo through its acetyltransferase domain and acetylation of UBF facilitates transcription derepression and activation in vitro. CBP activation and Rb suppression of ribosomal transcription by recruitment to UBF are mutually exclusive, regulating in vivo Poll transcription through an acetylation-decatylation 'flip-flop.' Thus, Poll transcription is regulated by protein acetylation, and the competitive recruitment of CBP and Rb.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1059-1066
Number of pages8
JournalMolecular cell
Volume6
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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