Báo cáo khóa học: FRET evidence for a conformational change in TFIIB upon TBP-DNA binding

As a critical step of the preinitiation complex assembly in transcription, the general transcription factor TFIIB forms a complex with the TATA-box binding protein (TBP) bound to a promoter element. Transcriptional activators such as the herpes simplex virus VP16 facilitate this com-plex formation through conformational activation of TFIIB, a focal molecule of transcriptional initiation and activation.