title: Binding sites in mammalian genes and viral gene regulatory regions recognized by methylated DNA-binding protein.
abstract: Methylated DNA-binding protein (MDBP), a ubiquitous mammalian protein, recognizes a variety of related DNA sequences. Some of these sequences require methylation of their CpG dinucleotides for binding and others do not. We report that MDBP binds, in a DNA methylation-independent fashion, to two sites in the mouse polyomavirus enhancer, one in the enhancer of the human hepatitis B virus, and to one in the long terminal repeat of equine infectious anemia proviral DNA. We have also found a number of MDBP sites in human and rodent DNAs which bind much better to MDBP when they are methylated at CpG dinucleotides within the recognition site. These include sites at the beginning of the human genes for hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase, HLA-A2, -A3, and -A25 antigens, and alpha-galactosidase A. In the case of methylation-responsive MDBP sites, changes in their methylation status during differentiation or DNA replication could help drive development by modulating transcription.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Asiedu
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Supakar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D007041:Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D007739:L Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D000519:alpha-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006680:HLA Antigens; C489323:Mbd1 protein, mouse; D007041:Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase; D000519:alpha-Galactosidase