Sujuan Ye, Alexander M. Erkine, and Yunkai Liu Department of Computer Science University of South Dakota
Induced when a cell undergoes various types of environmental stresses like heat, cold and oxygen deprivation. Present in all organisms - from bacteria to human. Provide thermo-tolerance to cells exposed to heat stress. Protect organisms against stress-induced damage. Act as chaperones, which bind and stabilize proteins, aid protein folding. Target proteins for degradation. (e.g. HSP60, HSP70, HSP100)
Heat shock transcription factor (HSF), which binds to the heat shock elements (HSE) ◦ Perfect(PFT):TTCnnGAAnnTTC ◦ GAP(GAP): TTCn-{5bp}-nTTCnnGAA ◦ STEP(STP): GAAn-{5bp}-nGAAn-{5bp}-nGAA Msn2 and Msn4 transcription factors, which bind to the stress response element (STRE). ◦ AGGGG-{1~100bp}-AGGGG
HSE STRE PFTGAPSTPSTRE Expected density (per kb) Density of HSGs Ratio
Number of genesGene examples HSF/HSE310 HSP60, HSP31,HSP10, HSC82, UBI4, SSA3, EDC2 MSN2/MSN4/STRE (or HSE(non- consensus)+STRE) 297 DDR2, HSP26, HSP12, CTT1, TPS2, PGM2 HSE+STRE25 HSP78, HSP104, HSP42, SSA1, HRK1, MDJ1
Some Hsf1-regulated genes lack HSE in the promoter region Intergenic transcripts could regulate the transcription of adjacent gene by transcription interference GAACATTCTCGAA TATAAA GLE2 TATATA TTCAGGAAGCTTCTATAAA DAK TATATA