The Soh1/MED31 protein is an ancient component of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mediator

J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 19;279(47):49455-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M409046200. Epub 2004 Sep 8.

Abstract

We here demonstrated that the Soh1/MED31 protein is a stable component of Mediator complex isolated from Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bioinformatic analysis traces the Soh1/MED31 family of Mediator subunits to the point of major eukaryotic divergence, before the appearance of the canonical heptapeptide repeat structure of the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Computational Biology
  • Conserved Sequence
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunoblotting
  • Macromolecular Substances / chemistry
  • Mediator Complex
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids / metabolism
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Protein Subunits / chemistry
  • Protein Subunits / metabolism
  • RNA Polymerase II / chemistry
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / physiology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / physiology*
  • Schizosaccharomyces / genetics
  • Schizosaccharomyces / physiology*
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Mediator Complex
  • Protein Subunits
  • SOH1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Glutathione Transferase
  • RNA Polymerase II