title: Alteration of a single nucleotide allows efficient binding of H2TF1/KBF1 to the immunoglobulin kappa enhancer B motif.
abstract: NF-kappa B (a protein present constitutively only in B cells) and H2TF1/KBF1 (a more ubiquitously distributed protein[s]) are two transcription factors that recognize very similar DNA sequences. However, the binding site associated with the kappa immunoglobulin gene enhancer (kappa B) is recognized predominantly by NF-kappa B. Using synthetically altered recognition sequences, we showed that the B-cell-specific NF-kappa B-binding site in the kappa enhancer can be converted to one that binds both NF-kappa B and the ubiquitous protein(s) H2TF1/KBF1 by substitution of a single nucleotide. Furthermore, transient transfection experiments suggested that NF-kappa B and H2TF1/KBF1 are functionally different even though their DNA recognition specificities are very similar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9110.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mauxion
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D015342:DNA Probes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008745:Methylation; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase