NPAT links cyclin E–Cdk2 to the regulation of replication-dependent histone gene transcription

AUTOR(ES)

Zhao, Jiyong

FONTE

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

RESUMO

In eukaryotic cells, histone gene expression is one of the major events that mark entry into S phase. While this process is tightly linked to cell cycle position, how it is regulated by the cell cycle machinery is not known. Here we show that NPAT, a substrate of the cyclin E–Cdk2 complex, is associated with human replication-dependent histone gene clusters on both chromosomes 1 and 6 in S phase. We demonstrate that NPAT activates histone gene transcription and that this activation is dependent on the promoter elements (SSCSs) previously proposed to mediate cell cycle–dependent transcription. Cyclin E is also associated with the histone gene loci, and cyclin E–Cdk2 stimulates the NPAT-mediated activation of histone gene transcription. Thus, our results both show that NPAT is involved in a key S phase event and provide a link between the cell cycle machinery and activation of histone gene transcription.

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