Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2818984 | Gene | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We found that the levels of all general transcription factors (GTFs) for RNA polymerase II decreased in F9 cells when the cells were subjected to a differentiation procedure. Different from other GTFs, decrease of TFIIB during the differentiation was suppressed by addition of a proteasome inhibitor, MG132. The half-life of TFIIB in the differentiated cells was remarkably reduced compared with that in the undifferentiated cells. Moreover, it was demonstrated that TFIIB is a poly-ubiquitinated protein. Results of this study suggest that components of the transcription machinery decreased in accordance with cell differentiation and that TFIIB is specifically and rapidly degraded by the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway.
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Authors
Seiji Shiraishi, Naomi Tamamura, Misako Jogo, Yuji Tanaka, Taka-aki Tamura,