title: Characterization of a silencer that modulates transcription of the human distal aldolase A promoter.
abstract: Transcription from the distal promoter (pL) of the human aldolase A gene is driven by both positive and negative cis-acting elements. With footprinting and gel mobility assays we defined: (i) the position of the negative regulatory cis-element (AldA-NRE), which spans a GA-rich sequence; (ii) the sequence of AldA-NRE, which is critical for protein specific binding and is homologous to other silencer-like motifs. Removal of the negative cis-element fully restores the expression of the distal promoter. Insertion of the AldA-NRE upstream from a heterologous promoter results in a 6-fold decrease in CAT reporter gene expression, suggesting that AldA-NRE might be involved in a more general type of mechanism that mediates repression of gene transcription.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015186:Hominidae / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase