Mutational dissection of the 21 bp repeat region of the SV40 early promoter reveals that it contains overlapping elements of the early-early and late-early promoters.

AUTOR(ES)

Baty, D

RESUMO

Using quantitative S1 nuclease analysis and recombinants which contain the SV40 early promoter region linked to the rabbit beta-globin gene coding sequence, we have studied the effect of deletion, inversion and point mutations, located within the 21 bp repeat region, on initiation of transcription from the early-early and late-early startsites in the absence of T-antigen. Our data establish unequivocally that the six GC-rich repeats present in the 21 bp repeat region are essential elements of both the early-early and late-early promoters and that they are not redundant, since mutations, which affect only the GC-rich repeat most proximal to the TATA box, decrease drastically the activity of the early-early promoter, but increase that of the late-early promoter. On the other hand, the four GC-rich repeats most proximal to the 72 bp repeat are common elements of the two overlapping early-early and late-early promoters. Our results, which confirm that the early-early promoter is stronger than the late-early one, also support our previous suggestion that they are in competition for the transcriptional machinery. The general organization of the SV40 early promoter region is discussed.

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