title: A cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding transcriptional activator in Drosophila melanogaster, dCREB-A, is a member of the leucine zipper family.
abstract: In this report, we describe the isolation and initial characterization of a Drosophila protein, dCREB-A, that can bind the somatostatin cyclic AMP (cAMP)-responsive element and is capable of activating transcription in cell culture. Sequence analysis demonstrates that this protein is a member of the leucine zipper family of transcription factors. dCREB-A is unusual in that it contains six hydrophobic residue iterations in the zipper domain rather than the four or five commonly found in this group of proteins. The DNA-binding domain is more closely related to mammalian CREB than to the AP-1 factors in both sequence homology and specificity of cAMP-responsive element binding. In embryos, dCREB-A is expressed in the developing salivary gland. A more complex pattern of expression is detected in the adult; transcripts are found in the brain and optic lobe cell bodies, salivary gland, and midgut epithelial cells of the cardia. In females, dCREB-A is expressed in the ovarian columnar follicle cells, and in males, dCREB-A RNA is seen in the seminal vesicle, ejaculatory duct, and ejaculatory bulb. These results suggest that the dCREB-A transcription factor may be involved in fertility and neurological functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Smolik
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D051699:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein A; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C073555:CrebA protein, Drosophila; D051699:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein A; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA