title: Purification and biochemical characterization of hepatocyte nuclear factor 2 involved in liver-specific transcription of the human alpha 1-antitrypsin gene.
abstract: The upstream region of the human alpha 1-antitrypsin gene binds liver-specific proteins. Two of these proteins, hepatocyte nuclear factors 1 and 2, are essential for liver-specific transcription of this gene. We report for the first time the purification of hepatocyte nuclear factor 2 from rat liver nuclei. This protein, purified to apparent homogeneity by DNA sequence-specific affinity chromatography, appeared on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels as a single polypeptide band of molecular mass of 68 kDa. The polypeptide after extraction from the gel matrix and subsequent renaturation bound specifically to the recognition sequences (-88 to -125) and protected the same region of the promoter against DNase I digestion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler 75710.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Rangan
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004247:DNA; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005796:Genes; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D051381:Rats; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D004247:DNA; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I