title: Isolation of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae centromere DNA-binding protein, its human homolog, and its possible role as a transcription factor.
abstract: A protein that binds specifically to Saccharomyces cerevisiae centromere DNA element I was purified on the basis of a nitrocellulose filter-binding assay. This protein, termed centromere-binding protein 1 (CP1), was heat stable and renaturable from sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and assays of eluates from SDS gels indicated a molecular weight of 57,000 to 64,000. An activity with similar specificity and stability was detected in human lymphocyte extracts, and analysis in SDS gels revealed a molecular weight of 39,000 to 49,000. CP1-binding sites occurred not only at centromeres but also near many transcription units, for example, adjacent to binding sites for the GAL4-positive regulatory protein upstream of the GAL2 gene in S. cerevisiae and adjacent to the TATA element of the adenovirus major late promoter. A factor (termed USF) that binds to the latter site and stimulates transcription has been isolated from HeLa cells by others.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002503:Centromere / Q000378:metabolism*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005796:Genes; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010957:Plasmids; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors