title: Identification of Ets- and notch-related subunits in GA binding protein.
abstract: Recombinant cDNA clones that encode two distinct subunits of the transcription factor GA binding protein (GABP) have been isolated. The predicted amino acid sequence of one subunit, GABP alpha, exhibits similarity to the sequence of the product of the ets-1 protooncogene in a region known to encompass the Ets DNA binding domain. The sequence of the second subunit, GABP beta, contains four 33-amino acid repeats located close to the NH2-terminus of the subunit. The sequences of these repeats are similar to repeats in several transmembrane proteins, including Notch from Drosophila melanogaster and Glp-1 and Lin-12 from Caenorhabditis elegans. Avid, sequence-specific binding to DNA required the presence of both polypeptides, revealing a conceptual convergence of nuclear transforming proteins and membrane-anchored proteins implicated in developmentally regulated signal transduction processes.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Research Laboratories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, MD 21210.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: LaMarco
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Byers
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: McKnight
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D051268:GA-Binding Protein Transcription Factor; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D050784:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494043:Ets1 protein, rat; D051268:GA-Binding Protein Transcription Factor; C495649:Gabpa protein, rat; C495653:Gabpb2 protein, rat; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D050784:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors