Forkhead-like transcription factors recruit Ndd1 to the chromatin of G2/M-specific promoters

Nature. 2000 Jul 6;406(6791):94-8. doi: 10.1038/35017589.

Abstract

Many cell-cycle-specific events are supported by stage-specific gene expression. In budding yeast, at least three different nuclear factors seem to cooperate in the periodic activation of G2/M-specific genes. Here we show, by using chromatin immunoprecipitation polymerase chain reaction assays, that a positive regulator, Ndd1, becomes associated with G2/M promoter regions in manner that depends on the stage in cell cycle. Its recruitment depends on a permanent protein-DNA complex consisting of the MADS box protein, Mcm1, and a recently identified partner Fkh2, a forkhead/winged helix related transcription factor. The lethality of Ndd1 depletion is suppressed by fkh2 null mutations, which indicates that Fkh2 may also have a negative regulatory role in the transcription of G2/M-induced RNAs. We conclude that Ndd1-Fkh2 interactions may be the transcriptionally important process targeted by Cdk activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Chromatin / metabolism*
  • Cyclin B / genetics
  • DNA, Fungal / metabolism
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors
  • G2 Phase / genetics*
  • Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein
  • Mitosis / genetics*
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*

Substances

  • CLB2 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Chromatin
  • Cyclin B
  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Forkhead Transcription Factors
  • Minichromosome Maintenance 1 Protein
  • NDD1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Transcription Factors