title: Multiple regions of v-Fos protein involved in the activation of AP1-dependent transcription: is trans-activation crucial for transformation?
abstract: We show that trans-activation by v-Fos requires several functionally separable regions, including the leucine repeat, the basic DNA-binding region, a directly adjacent acidic cluster, and additional flanking sequences. Structural alterations in the flanking regions are in part responsible for the greater trans-activating potential of the fos gene product of the Finkel-Biskis-Reilly mouse osteosarcoma virus, FBR-MuSV. A point mutation in the acidic cluster, which is known to activate the immortalizing potential of Fos, leads to a significant increase in trans-activation. However, comparison of the trans-activating and transforming properties of mutant Fos proteins suggests that functions other than trans-activation are involved in the induction of transformation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekularbiologie und Tumorforschung (IMT), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Lucibello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neuberg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jenuwein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D016761:Oncogene Proteins v-fos / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010957:Plasmids; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016761:Oncogene Proteins v-fos; D004247:DNA; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase