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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
JunB differs considerably from c-Jun in its ability to activate AP-1-responsive genes and induce oncogenic transformation. We demonstrate that the decreased ability of JunB to activate gene expression is the result of a small number of amino acid changes between its DNA-binding and dimerization motifs and the corresponding regions of c-Jun. These changes lead to a 10-fold decrease in the DNA-binding activity of JunB. JunB can be converted into a c-Jun-like activator by substituting four amino acids in its DNA-binding and dimerization motifs with the corresponding c-Jun sequences. JunB can also attenuate trans-activation by c-Jun, an activity mediated by its leucine zipper. This ability depends on two glycine residues that decrease the stability of the JunB leucine zipper, resulting in decreased homodimerization and increased heterodimerization. These results illustrate how small changes in primary structure, including chemically conservative changes, can result in functional divergence of two highly related transcriptional regulators.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0890-9369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:geneSymbol
jun
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
479-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Avian Sarcoma Viruses, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Insects, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Leucine Zippers, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:8383624-Transfection
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
JunB differs from c-Jun in its DNA-binding and dimerization domains, and represses c-Jun by formation of inactive heterodimers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093-0636.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't