title: Interaction cloning: identification of a helix-loop-helix zipper protein that interacts with c-Fos.
abstract: A facile method for isolating genes that encode interacting proteins has been developed with a polypeptide probe that contains an amino-terminal extension with recognition sites for a monoclonal antibody, a specific endopeptidase, and a site-specific protein kinase. This probe, containing the basic region-leucine zipper dimerization motif of c-Fos, was used to screen a complementary DNA library. A complementary DNA that encoded a member of the basic-helix-loop-helix-zipper (bHLH-Zip) family of proteins was isolated. The complementary DNA-encoded polypeptide FIP (Fos interacting protein) bound to oligonucleotide probes that contained DNA binding motifs for other HLH proteins. When cotransfected with c-Fos, FIP stimulated transcription of an AP-1-responsive promoter.
authors.affiliation: Hormone Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Blanar
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Rutter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D016350:Leucine Zippers / Q000235:genetics*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D004247:DNA