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Optimal tRNA((Ser)Sec) gene activity requires an upstream SPH motif.
Myslinski E, Krol A, Carbon P.
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The X. laevis tRNA((Ser)Sec) gene is different from the other tRNA genes in that its promoter contains two external elements, a PSE and a TATA box functionally equivalent to those of the U6 snRNA gene. Of the two internal promoters governing classical tRNA gene transcription, only subsists the internal B box. In this report, we show that the tRNA((Ser)Sec) contains in addition an activator element (AE) which we have mapped by extensive mutagenesis. Activation is only dependent on a 15 bp fragment residing between -209 and -195 and containing an SPH motif. In vitro, this element forms a complex with a nuclear protein which is different from the TEF-1 transcriptional activator that binds the SV40 Sph motifs. This AE is versatile since it shows capacity of activating a variety of genes in vivo, including U1 and U6 snRNAs and HSV thymidine kinase. Unexpectedly for an snRNA-related gene, the tRNA((Ser)Sec) is deprived of octamer or octamer-like motifs. The X.laevis tRNA((Ser)Sec) gene represents the first example of a Pol III snRNA-type gene whose activation of transcription is completely octamer-independent.
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