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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
The Drosophila engrailed protein which contains a homeobox domain and specific DNA binding activity is believed to function in the regulation of gene expression during embryogenesis. Here we show that the engrailed protein interacts stably with specific complexes of soluble nuclear proteins when expressed artificially in a cell line and in the developing embryo. The engrailed complexes have molecular masses between 10(7) and 10(8) which suggests they contain a polymeric protein component. The complex is able to bind reversibly to DNA and a definitive purification shows it to be constituted of 12 distinct protein species, two of which are predominant. Purified, bacterially produced engrailed protein can be reconstituted with both culture cell and embryo nuclear protein fractions to form complexes of the same and related composition respectively. On the basis of these results we propose that protein--protein interactions as well as DNA binding are important for correct engrailed protein function in vivo.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0261-4189
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4291-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of the Drosophila melanogaster engrailed protein with specific soluble nuclear protein complexes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't