FACT complex subunit SPT16 is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the SUPT16Hgene.[5][6][7]
Function
Transcription of protein-coding genes can be reconstituted on naked DNA with only the
general transcription factors and
RNA polymerase II. However, this minimal system cannot transcribe DNA packaged into
chromatin, indicating that accessory factors may facilitate access to DNA. One such factor,
FACT (facilitates chromatin transcription), interacts specifically with histones
H2A/
H2B to effect
nucleosome disassembly and transcription elongation. FACT is composed of an 80 kDa subunit and a 140 kDa subunit, the latter of which is the protein encoded by this gene.[7]
LeRoy G, Orphanides G, Lane WS, Reinberg D (1998). "Requirement of RSF and FACT for transcription of chromatin templates in vitro". Science. 282 (5395): 1900–4.
doi:
10.1126/science.282.5395.1900.
PMID9836642.
Orphanides G, Wu WH, Lane WS, Hampsey M, Reinberg D (1999). "The chromatin-specific transcription elongation factor FACT comprises human SPT16 and SSRP1 proteins". Nature. 400 (6741): 284–8.
Bibcode:
1999Natur.400..284O.
doi:
10.1038/22350.
PMID10421373.
S2CID4300397.
Kang SW, Kuzuhara T, Horikoshi M (2000). "Functional interaction of general transcription initiation factor TFIIE with general chromatin factor SPT16/CDC68". Genes Cells. 5 (4): 251–63.
doi:
10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00323.x.
PMID10792464.
S2CID33454256.
FACT complex subunit SPT16 is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the SUPT16Hgene.[5][6][7]
Function
Transcription of protein-coding genes can be reconstituted on naked DNA with only the
general transcription factors and
RNA polymerase II. However, this minimal system cannot transcribe DNA packaged into
chromatin, indicating that accessory factors may facilitate access to DNA. One such factor,
FACT (facilitates chromatin transcription), interacts specifically with histones
H2A/
H2B to effect
nucleosome disassembly and transcription elongation. FACT is composed of an 80 kDa subunit and a 140 kDa subunit, the latter of which is the protein encoded by this gene.[7]
LeRoy G, Orphanides G, Lane WS, Reinberg D (1998). "Requirement of RSF and FACT for transcription of chromatin templates in vitro". Science. 282 (5395): 1900–4.
doi:
10.1126/science.282.5395.1900.
PMID9836642.
Orphanides G, Wu WH, Lane WS, Hampsey M, Reinberg D (1999). "The chromatin-specific transcription elongation factor FACT comprises human SPT16 and SSRP1 proteins". Nature. 400 (6741): 284–8.
Bibcode:
1999Natur.400..284O.
doi:
10.1038/22350.
PMID10421373.
S2CID4300397.
Kang SW, Kuzuhara T, Horikoshi M (2000). "Functional interaction of general transcription initiation factor TFIIE with general chromatin factor SPT16/CDC68". Genes Cells. 5 (4): 251–63.
doi:
10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00323.x.
PMID10792464.
S2CID33454256.