Click here to close Hello! We notice that you are using Internet Explorer, which is not supported by Xenbase and may cause the site to display incorrectly. We suggest using a current version of Chrome, FireFox, or Safari.
XB-ART-7054
Genes Dev 2002 Jun 01;1611:1397-411. doi: 10.1101/gad.991602.
Show Gene links Show Anatomy links

Mastermind mediates chromatin-specific transcription and turnover of the Notch enhancer complex.

Fryer CJ , Lamar E , Turbachova I , Kintner C , Jones KA .


???displayArticle.abstract???
Signaling through the Notch pathway activates the proteolytic release of the Notch intracellular domain (ICD), a dedicated transcriptional coactivator of CSL enhancer-binding proteins. Here we show that chromatin-dependent transactivation by the recombinant Notch ICD-CBF1 enhancer complex in vitro requires an additional coactivator, Mastermind (MAM). MAM provides two activation domains necessary for Notch signaling in mammalian cells and in Xenopus embryos. We show that the central MAM activation domain (TAD1) recruits CBP/p300 to promote nucleosome acetylation at Notch enhancers and activate transcription in vitro. We also find that MAM expression induces phosphorylation and relocalization of endogenous CBP/p300 proteins to nuclear foci in vivo. Moreover, we show that coexpression with MAM and CBF1 strongly enhances phosphorylation and proteolytic turnover of the Notch ICD in vivo. Enhanced phosphorylation of the ICD and p300 requires a glutamine-rich region of MAM (TAD2) that is essential for Notch transcription in vivo. Thus MAM may function as a timer to couple transcription activation with disassembly of the Notch enhancer complex on chromatin.

???displayArticle.pubmedLink??? 12050117
???displayArticle.pmcLink??? PMC186317
???displayArticle.link??? Genes Dev


Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: crebbp ep300 itch maml1 notch1 nrarp rbpj smpx tubb2b


???attribute.lit??? ???displayArticles.show???
References [+] :
Ait-Si-Ali, Histone acetyltransferase activity of CBP is controlled by cycle-dependent kinases and oncoprotein E1A. 1998, Pubmed