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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the molecular cloning and characterization of LZ-FYVE, a novel embryonic factor that possesses two leucine zipper motifs and a FYVE-finger domain. A partial clone of LZ-FYVE, encoding a functional leucine zipper domain, was initially isolated from a mouse embryo cDNA library by virtue of its interaction in the yeast two-hybrid system with the transcription factor ATF-2. The LZ-FYVE protein demonstrated mouse embryo-specific expression by Northern blot analysis and was detected as a nuclear protein at very restricted periods (12--14 days post-coitus) in specific tissues during embryogenesis. In particular, LZ-FYVE protein was notable in embryonic lung, cartilage, and otic capsule. Structural analysis of the deduced, full-length LZ-FYVE amino acid sequence revealed two N-terminal leucine zipper domains as well as a C-terminal FYVE-finger domain. The FYVE-finger domains specifically recognized phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and have been previously described only in cytoplasmic proteins involved in endosomal membrane fusion, vesicular trafficking, or organelle-specific targeting. While LZ-FYVE may have endosomal functions in the cytoplasm, because LZ-FYVE is present in the nucleus at early stages of embryonic development, it is likely that LZ-FYVE has a nuclear function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1044-5498
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
403-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Activating Transcription Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Chondrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Leucine Zippers, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11506704-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
LZ-FYVE: a novel developmental stage-specific leucine zipper, FYVE-finger protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't