title: A cDNA for a human cyclic AMP response element-binding protein which is distinct from CREB and expressed preferentially in brain.
abstract: The cyclic AMP response element (CRE) is found in many cellular genes regulated by cyclic AMP, and similar elements are present in the early genes of adenovirus that are activated by E1A. The transcription factor CREB has previously been shown to bind this site, and cDNAs for CREB have recently been characterized. We report here the isolation of a cDNA encoding a human DNA-binding protein that also recognizes this motif in cellular and viral promoters. This protein, HB16, displays structural similarity to CREB and to c-Jun and c-Fos, which bind the related 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate response element (TRE). HB16 contains a highly basic, putative DNA-binding domain and a leucine zipper structure thought to be involved in dimerization. Deletional analysis of HB16 demonstrated that the leucine zipper is required for its interaction with DNA. In addition, HB16 could form a complex with c-Jun but not with c-Fos. Despite its structural similarity to c-Jun and c-Fos and its interaction with c-Jun, HB16 had approximately a 10-fold-lower affinity for the TRE sequence than for the CRE sequence. Although HB16 and CREB both recognized the CRE motif, an extensive binding analysis of HB16 revealed differences in the fine specificity of binding of the two proteins. HB16 mRNA was found at various levels in many human tissues but was most abundant in brain, where its expression was widespread. The existence of more than one CRE-binding protein suggests that the CRE motif could serve multiple regulatory functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liou
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Ivashkiv
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Glimcher
mesh_terms: D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D009928:Organ Specificity; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C497105:ATF2 protein, human; D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA