Part of the TFIID complex, a multimeric protein complex that plays a central role in mediating promoter responses to various activators and repressors. Potentiates transcriptional activation by the AF-2S of the retinoic acid, vitamin D3 and thyroid hormone.
These results not only demonstrate an interaction between ATF7 and TAF4 but also indicate, as in the case of TAF12 (see Figure 3e), that no additional cellular component is required for this binding. They also suggest that TAF4 may interfere with the formation of ATF7TAF12 subcomplexes, thereby inhibiting ATF7-induced transactivation.
The general transcription factor IID (TFIID) plays a central role in the initiation of RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-dependent transcription by nucleating pre-initiation complex (PIC) assembly at the core promoter. TFIID comprises the TATA-binding protein (TBP) and 13 TBP-associated factors (TAF1-13), which specifically interact with a variety of core promoter DNA sequences.