title: Protein binding sites within the human thymidine kinase promoter.
abstract: DNase I footprint analysis, using total HeLa cell nuclear extract and purified transcription factor Sp1, was carried out to determine the various protein binding sites within the human thymidine kinase promoter. The promoter has two separate CCAAT elements and multiple Sp1-binding sites, as well as at least one undefined protein binding site. Detailed analysis of protein binding to the two CCAAT elements showed that changing the spacing between the two CCAAT elements altered both protein binding to the distal CCAAT element as well as promoter activity. Both CCAAT elements can act as functional transcription elements, but are not oriented for optimal promoter strength in the human tk promoter. Our studies show that a promoter fragment that has been previously shown to be the minimal region to maintain a serum responsive promoter regulation apparently contains only a single Sp1-binding domain and the more distal of the CCAAT elements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Arcot
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Deininger
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D004247:DNA; D013937:Thymidine Kinase