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Science 13 November 1992:
Vol. 258. no. 5085, pp. 1143 - 1145
DOI: 10.1126/science.1439822
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Science, Vol 258, Issue 5085, 1143-1145
Copyright © 1992 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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In vitro transcriptional activation by a metabolic intermediate: activation by Leu3 depends on alpha-isopropylmalate

JY Sze, M Woontner, JA Jaehning, and GB Kohlhaw

Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.

In the absence of the leucine biosynthetic precursor alpha-isopropylmalate (alpha-IPM), the yeast LEU3 protein (Leu3p) binds DNA and acts as a transcriptional repressor in an in vitro extract. Addition of alpha-IPM resulted in a dramatic increase in Leu3p-dependent transcription. The presence of alpha-IPM was also required for Leu3p to compete effectively with another transcriptional activator, GAL4/VP16, for limiting transcription factors. Therefore, the addition of alpha-IPM appears to convert a transcriptional repressor into an activator. This represents an example in eukaryotes of direct transcriptional regulation by a small effector molecule.


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