Genome-wide binding of the bromdomain protein TgBDP3 in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

The bromdomain protein TgBDP3 is associated with the TFIID transcriptioanl initiation complex in Toxoplasma gondii. To determine the genes that are regulated by TgBDP3, the endogenous tgbdp3 locus was modified to introduce a C-terminal HA epitope tag. ChIP-seq was performed on intracellular, replicating tachyzoites expressing TgBDP3-HA. The protein was enriched in the upstream, promoter region of a subset of actively transcribed parasite genes indicating that TgBDP3 has a role in regulation of transcriptional initiation in Toxoplasma. ChIP-seq of a chromatin-associated bromodomain protein in Toxoplasma gondii