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doi: 10.1242/10.1242/dev.00222
1 Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo,
Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250,
México
2 Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: mvazquez{at}ibt.unam.mx)
Accepted 21 October 2002
The trithorax group genes are required for positive regulation of homeotic gene function. The trithorax group gene brahma encodes a SWI2/SNF2 family ATPase that is a catalytic subunit of the Brm chromatin-remodeling complex. We identified the tonalli (tna) gene in Drosophila by genetic interactions with brahma. tna mutations suppress Polycomb phenotypes and tna is required for the proper expressions of the Antennapedia, Ultrabithorax and Sex combs reduced homeotic genes. The tna gene encodes at least two proteins, a large isoform (TnaA) and a short isoform (TnaB). The TnaA protein has an SP-RING Zn finger, conserved in proteins from organisms ranging from yeast to human and thought to be involved in the sumoylation of protein substrates. Besides the SP-RING finger, the TnaA protein also has extended homology with other eukaryotic proteins, including human proteins. We show that tna mutations also interact with mutations in additional subunits of the Brm complex, with mutations in subunits of the Mediator complex, and with mutations of the SWI2/SNF2 family ATPase gene kismet. We propose that Tna is involved in postranslational modification of transcription complexes.
Key words: Homeotic gene regulation, brahma, Trithorax group, Sumoylation, Chromatin remodeling, SWI/SNF, taranis, tonalli, Drosophila melanogaster
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