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Tomato Heat Stress Transcription Factor HsfB1 Represents a Novel Type of General Transcription Coactivator with a Histone-Like Motif Interacting with the Plant CREB Binding Protein Ortholog HAC1

^a Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Goethe University Frankfurt, D-60439 Frankfurt, Germany
^b Department of Human Genetics, Goethe University Frankfurt, D-60439 Frankfurt, Germany
^c Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, D-60439 Frankfurt, Germany
^d Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institute, S-14157 Stockholm, Sweden

² To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail nover{at}cellbiology.uni-frankfurt.de; fax (49)69-798-29286.

In contrast with the class A heat stress transcription factors (HSFs) of plants, a considerable number of HSFs assigned to classes B and C have no evident function as transcription activators on their own. However, in the following article, we provide evidence that tomato (Lycopersicon peruvianum) HsfB1 represents a novel type of coactivator cooperating with class A HSFs (e.g., with tomato HsfA1). Provided the appropriate promoter architecture, the two HSFs assemble into an enhanceosome-like complex, resulting in strong synergistic activation of reporter gene expression. Moreover, HsfB1 also cooperates in a similar manner with other activators, for example, with the ASF1/2 enhancer binding proteins of the 35S promoter of Cauliflower mosaic virus or with yet unidentified activators controlling housekeeping gene expression. By these effects, HsfB1 may help to maintain and/or restore expression of certain viral or housekeeping genes during ongoing heat stress. The coactivator function of HsfB1 depends on a histone-like motif in its C-terminal domain with an indispensable Lys residue in the center (GRGKMMK). This motif is required for recruitment of the plant CREB binding protein (CBP) ortholog HAC1. HsfA1, HsfB1, and HAC1/CBP form ternary complexes in vitro and in vivo with markedly enhanced efficiency in promoter recognition and transcription activation in plant and mammalian (COS7) cells. Using small interfering RNA–mediated knock down of HAC1 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll protoplasts, the crucial role for the coactivator function of HsfB1 was confirmed.

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