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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The basic-helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper (bHLHZip) proteins Myc, Mad and Mnt are part of a transcription activation/repression system involved in the regulation of cell proliferation. The function of these proteins as transcription factors is mediated by heterodimerization with the small bHLHZip protein Max, which is required for their specific DNA binding to E-box sequences. We have identified a novel Max-interacting protein, Mga, which contains a Myc-like bHLHZip motif, but otherwise shows no relationship with Myc or other Max-interacting proteins. Like Myc, Mad and Mnt proteins, Mga requires heterodimerization with Max for binding to the preferred Myc-Max-binding site CACGTG. In addition to the bHLHZip domain, Mga contains a second DNA-binding domain: the T-box or T-domain. The T-domain is a highly conserved DNA-binding motif originally defined in Brachyury and characteristic of the Tbx family of transcription factors. Mga binds the preferred Brachyury-binding sequence and represses transcription of reporter genes containing promoter-proximal Brachyury-binding sites. Surprisingly, Mga is converted to a transcription activator of both Myc-Max and Brachyury site-containing reporters in a Max-dependent manner. Our results suggest that Mga functions as a dual-specificity transcription factor that regulates the expression of both Max-network and T-box family target genes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Brachyury protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fetal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Max protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myc associated factor X, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/T-Box Domain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0261-4189
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7019-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Fetal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Leucine Zippers, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-T-Box Domain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10601024-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Mga, a dual-specificity transcription factor that interacts with Max and contains a T-domain DNA-binding motif.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N., Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA. pjh@shcc.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't