Abstract
A low-abundance DNA-binding protein for the DNA polymerase beta (beta-pol) promoter initiator element was purified from bovine testis. The transcriptional initiator element (Inr) of the mammalian beta-pol promoters characterized is highly conserved, and the bovine beta-pol promoter Inr has the sequence -11CAGAGGCGGCCATTGTT+6. The purified initiator element-binding protein (Inr-BP) binds with high affinity to an oligonucleotide corresponding to the beta-pol promoter Inr (Kd = 5 pM), and increasing ionic strength decreases stability of the protein-DNA complex. Mutational analysis of the Inr shows that the purified Inr-BP binds with sequence specificity to the sequence CCAT at -2 to +2 of the Inr, but that seven residues on the 5' side and three residues on the 3' side of the CCAT sequence are required also. Using an in vitro transcription assay with HeLa cell nuclear extract, we find that the endogenous Inr-BP is required for transcriptional activity of the beta-pol promoter; addition of purified Inr-BP restores activity to the nuclear extract depleted in Inr-BP by affinity chromatography. These results, based upon the sequence specificity for DNA binding, indicate that Inr-BP is a YY1-like protein and suggest that it is a required transcription factor in beta-pol gene expression.
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