title: Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 trans-activator specifically binds to a consensus AP-1 site and is related to c-fos.
abstract: Two regions of the Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 trans-activator protein have sequence similarity to the c-fos protein. Part of the similarity corresponds to the region of c-fos which is similar to the DNA binding domain of c-jun and GCN-4. The structure of the exon which contains this region in c-fos and BZLF1 is also highly conserved between the two genes. Complete BZLF1 protein and a C terminal fragment were prepared either as purified fusion proteins or by in vitro translation from a BZLF1 cDNA. Gel retardation and DNase footprinting assays using these proteins show that BZLF1 is a sequence specific DNA binding protein capable of binding to a target sequence which contains a consensus AP-1 site.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rooney
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kouzarides
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000941:Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015696:Gene Products, tat; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D015696:Gene Products, tat; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014764:Viral Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases