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ArticleMolecular cell2011

Integrated approaches reveal determinants of genome-wide binding and function of the transcription factor Pho4.

Xu Zhou, Erin K O'Shea

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Article in Molecular cell, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers.

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92citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xu ZhouHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Systems Biology, Northwest Labs, 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Erin K O'Shea
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

REGULATION OF YEAST PHO5 GENER01GM051377 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI O'SHEA, ERIN K. · 1994 to 2011
$3.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051377
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA sequences with high affinity for transcription factors occur more frequently in the genome than instances of genes bound or regulated by these factors. It is not clear what factors determine the genome-wide pattern of binding or regulation for a given transcription factor. We used an integrated approach to study how trans influences shape the binding and regulatory landscape of Pho4, a budding yeast transcription factor activated in response to phosphate limitation. We find that nucleosomes significantly restrict Pho4 binding. At nucleosome-depleted sites, competition from another transcription factor, Cbf1, determines Pho4 occupancy, raising the threshold for transcriptional activation in phosphate replete conditions and preventing Pho4 activation of genes outside the phosphate regulon during phosphate starvation. Pho4 binding is not sufficient for transcriptional activation-a cooperative interaction between Pho2 and Pho4 specifies genes that are activated. Combining these experimental observations, we are able to globally predict Pho4 binding and its functionality.

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Genome, FungalBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsBinding, CompetitiveBinding SitesChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, FungalHomeodomain ProteinsNucleosomesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCBF1 protein, S cerevisiaeChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsNucleosomesPHO2 protein, S cerevisiaePHO4 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID21700227
PMCPMC3127084
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