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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
The UCRBP (YY1, delta, NF-E1) protein has been isolated for its ability to bind to the UCR (upstream conserved region) site present in the conserved murine leukemia virus long terminal repeat. UCRBP carries a highly charged N-terminal domain and four C2-H2-type zinc fingers at its C-terminal end. The present study reveals the following results: (i) The UCR site is present in the upstream and/or regulatory regions of numerous mammalian cellular and viral genes to which both recombinant and cellular UCRBP bind. UCR sites are also found in the regulatory regions of repetitive sequences including human LINE-1 elements and mouse intracisternal-A particle sequences. (ii) By immunological and UV cross-linking experiments, we found that two proteins, of approx. 68 kDa and an antigenically related protein of approx. 40 kDa, account for much of the UCR-binding activity in T-lymphocytes. (iii) There is evidence that UCRBP acts as a phosphoprotein. Eight consensus phosphorylation sites are found in the deduced amino-acid sequence of human UCRBP. The cellular UCR-binding activity was abolished by phosphatase treatment, and there is an incremental increase in apparent molecular mass between the cytoplasmic and nuclear forms of the protein, suggesting phosphorylation. (iv) Although UCRBP has been previously shown to act as a transcriptional repressor, we show here that UCRBP can also act as a positive transactivator of a reporter driven by UCR elements when used in co-transfection assays. This transactivation occurred in a dose-restricted manner and was absent at high concentrations of a UCRBP expression plasmid, indicating a complex mode of function.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0378-1119
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Genes, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Leukemia Virus, Murine, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-YY1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:7821790-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of hUCRBP (YY1, NF-E1, delta): a transcription factor that binds the regulatory regions of many viral and cellular genes.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Growth Regulation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article