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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
51
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
The sex determination transcription factor SRY is a cell fate-determining transcription factor that mediates testis differentiation during embryogenesis. It may function by repressing the ovarian determinant gene, RSPO1, action in the ovarian developmental pathway and activates genes, such as SOX9, important for testis differentiation at the onset of gonadogenesis. Further, altered expression of SRY and related SOX genes contribute to oncogenesis in many human cancers. Little is known of the mechanisms by which SRY regulates its target genes. Recently a KRAB domain protein (KRAB-O) that lacks a zinc finger motif has been demonstrated to interact with SRY and hypothesized to function as an adaptor molecule for SRY by tethering the KAP1-NuRD-SETDB1-HP1 silencing machinery to repress SRY targets. We have critically examined this hypothesis by reconstituting and characterizing SRY-KRAB-O-KAP1 interactions. These recombinant molecules can form a ternary complex by direct and high affinity interactions. The KRAB-O protein can simultaneously bind KAP1 and SRY in a noncompetitive but also noncooperative manner. An extensive mutagenesis analysis suggests that different surfaces on KRAB-O are utilized for these independent interactions. Transcriptional repression by SRY requires binding to KRAB-O, thus bridging to the KAP1 repression machinery. This repression machinery is recruited to SRY target promoters in chromatin templates via SRY. These results suggest that SRY has co-opted the KRAB-O protein to recruit the KAP1 repression machinery to sex determination target genes. Other KRAB domain proteins, which lack a zinc finger DNA-binding motif, may function in similar roles as adaptor proteins for epigenetic gene silencing.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/KRAB-O protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Methyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RSPO1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RSPO1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SETDB1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SETDB1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SOX9 Transcription Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SOX9 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SRY protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sex-Determining Region Y Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sox9 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sry protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TRIM28 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thrombospondins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trim28 protein, mouse
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
35670-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Protein Methyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-SOX9 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Sex-Determining Region Y Protein, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Thrombospondins, pubmed-meshheading:19850934-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Epigenetic gene silencing by the SRY protein is mediated by a KRAB-O protein that recruits the KAP1 co-repressor machinery.
pubmed:affiliation
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural