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Science 27 May 1994:
Vol. 264. no. 5163, pp. 1326 - 1329
DOI: 10.1126/science.8191287
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Science, Vol 264, Issue 5163, 1326-1329
Copyright © 1994 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The TATA-binding protein: a general transcription factor in eukaryotes and archaebacteria

T Rowlands, P Baumann, and SP Jackson

Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge, UK.

The TATA-binding protein TBP appears to be essential for all transcription in eukaryotic cell nuclei, which suggests that its function was established early in evolution. Archaebacteria constitute a kingdom of organisms distinct from eukaryotes and eubacteria. Archaebacterial gene regulatory sequences often map to TATA box-like motifs. Here it is shown that the archaebacterium Pyrococcus woesei expresses a protein with structural and functional similarity to eukaryotic TBP molecules. This suggests that TBP's role in transcription was established before the archaebacterial and eukaryotic lineages diverged and that the transcription systems of archaebacteria and eukaryotes are fundamentally homologous.


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