PMID:11040217

Citation	Andrulis, ED, Guzmán, E, Döring, P, Werner, J and Lis, JT (2000) High-resolution localization of Drosophila Spt5 and Spt6 at heat shock genes in vivo: roles in promoter proximal pausing and transcription elongation. Genes Dev. 14:2635-49
Abstract	Recent studies have demonstrated roles for Spt4, Spt5, and Spt6 in the regulation of transcriptional elongation in both yeast and humans. Here, we show that Drosophila Spt5 and Spt6 colocalize at a large number of transcriptionally active chromosomal sites on polytene chromosomes and are rapidly recruited to endogenous and transgenic heat shock loci upon heat shock. Costaining with antibodies to Spt6 and to either the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II or cyclin T, a subunit of the elongation factor P-TEFb, reveals that all three factors have a similar distribution at sites of active transcription. Crosslinking and immunoprecipitation experiments show that Spt5 is present at uninduced heat shock gene promoters, and that upon heat shock, Spt5 and Spt6 associate with the 5' and 3' ends of heat shock genes. Spt6 is recruited within 2 minutes of a heat shock, similar to heat shock factor (HSF); moreover, this recruitment is dependent on HSF. These findings provide support for the roles of Spt5 in promoter-associated pausing and of Spt5 and Spt6 in transcriptional elongation in vivo.
Links	PubMed PMC316984
Keywords	Animals; Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; Chromosomes/metabolism; Cross-Linking Reagents/chemistry; Cyclin T; Cyclins/immunology; Cyclins/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/immunology; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Drosophila/genetics; Drosophila Proteins; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect/methods; Fungal Proteins/genetics; Fungal Proteins/immunology; Fungal Proteins/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation; HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics; HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/immunology; Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics; Heat-Shock Proteins/immunology; Heat-Shock Response/genetics; Insect Proteins/genetics; Insect Proteins/metabolism; Nuclear Proteins/genetics; Nuclear Proteins/immunology; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism; Promoter Regions, Genetic; RNA Polymerase II/immunology; RNA Polymerase II/metabolism; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; Transcription Factors/genetics; Transcription Factors/immunology; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Transcription, Genetic; Transcriptional Elongation Factors
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