DNA wrapping and bending by a mitochondrial high mobility group-like transcriptional activator protein
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DNA wrapping and bending by a mitochondrial high mobility group-like transcriptional activator protein
Abstract
Mitochondrial transcription factor 1 (mtTF1) is the only accessory protein known to be required for accurate and efficient promoter recognition by mammalian mitochondrial RNA polymerase. It activates transcription by binding immediately upstream of transcriptional start sites and shows an inherent flexibility in primary DNA sequence requirement. By application of a purification strategy designed for human and mouse mtTF1, a protein resembling mtTF1 was recently isolated from yeast mitochondria; its size (19 kDa), DNA-binding properties, and amino acid composition suggest identity to HM, a previously described abundant protein of yeast mitochondria. Both human and yeast proteins show a general ability to wrap or condense and unwind DNA in vitro and bend DNA at specific sequences. Recent determinations of the amino acid sequences of the human and yeast proteins reveal that both contain domains homologous to the nuclear high mobility group (HMG) proteins which have been implicated in diverse functions such as chromatin compaction and transcription stimulation. The ability to unwind and bend DNA may be fundamental to the documented roles of the mammalian protein in mitochondrial DNA transcription and replication priming and suggests a similar function for the yeast protein in yeast mitochondria.
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