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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 22, 19594-19599, May 31, 2002

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A Novel Intragenic Sequence Enhances Initiator-dependent Transcription in Human Embryonic Kidney 293 Cells^*

Chiara Abrescia, Eliana De Gregorio, Mattia Frontini^§, Roberto Mantovani^§, and Pierpaolo Di Nocera^¶

From the  Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, and the ^§ Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Modena e Reggio, Via Campi 213/d, 41100 Modena, Italy

In a variety of Drosophila TATA-less promoters, transcription is directed by initiator (Inr) sequences, which are faithfully and efficiently recognized only when flanked 3' by the downstream promoter element (DPE). This motif, which is conserved at ~30 bp from the RNA start site, is viewed as a downstream counterpart to the TATA box, and is recognized by the general transcription factor (TF) IID. By transient expression assays in human embryonic kidney 293 cells, we show that DE1 (distal element 1), a DNA motif located at residues +23 to +29, sustains faithful Inr-dependent transcription as efficiently as the DPE. Transcription significantly increased when DE1 and DPE sequences were adjacently placed on the same template. Results emerging from in vivo RNA analyses matched electrophoretic mobility shift assay data. In agarose-electrophoretic mobility shift assays, retarded DNA-protein complexes resulting from the interaction of human holo-TFIID with either Inr⁺/DPE⁺ or Inr⁺/DE1⁺ promoters were formed at comparable levels, whereas binding of TFIID to both DE1 and DPE motifs was 2-fold increased. The strict requirement for spacing between the Inr and DPE was not observed for DE1, as locating the motif 4 bp away from the +1 site did not impair transcriptional enhancement. DE1 sequences may be common to many promoters and be overlooked because of their poor sequence homology.

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