Herpesvirus VP16 is a classic example of a transcriptional activator and interacts with the Mediator complex via MED25 (ARC92). The structure of the VP16 interaction domain from MED25 is now solved and the binding site for the VP16 transactivation domain defined, giving insight into how a transcription activator contacts a key component involved in transcription initiation.
- Alexander G Milbradt
- Madhura Kulkarni
- Gerhard Wagner