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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
Trithorax (TRX) and ASH1 belong to the trithorax group (trxG) of transcriptional activator proteins, which maintains homeotic gene expression during Drosophila development. TRX and ASH1 are localized on chromosomes and share several homologous domains with other chromatin-associated proteins, including a highly conserved SET domain and PHD fingers. Based on genetic interactions between trx and ash1 and our previous observation that association of the TRX protein with polytene chromosomes is ash1 dependent, we investigated the possibility of a physical linkage between the two proteins. We found that the endogenous TRX and ASH1 proteins coimmunoprecipitate from embryonic extracts and colocalize on salivary gland polytene chromosomes. Furthermore, we demonstrated that TRX and ASH1 bind in vivo to a relatively small (4 kb) bxd subregion of the homeotic gene Ultrabithorax (Ubx), which contains several trx response elements. Analysis of the effects of ash1 mutations on the activity of this regulatory region indicates that it also contains ash1 response element(s). This suggests that ASH1 and TRX act on Ubx in relatively close proximity to each other. Finally, TRX and ASH1 appear to interact directly through their conserved SET domains, based on binding assays in vitro and in yeast and on coimmunoprecipitation assays with embryo extracts. Collectively, these results suggest that TRX and ASH1 are components that interact either within trxG protein complexes or between complexes that act in close proximity on regulatory DNA to maintain Ubx transcription.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0270-7306
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6441-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Genes, Homeobox, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10454589-Transcriptional Activation
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Trithorax and ASH1 interact directly and associate with the trithorax group-responsive bxd region of the Ultrabithorax promoter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't