title: Cyclophilin A and FKBP12 interact with YY1 and alter its transcriptional activity.
abstract: YY1 is a zinc finger transcription factor with unusual structural and functional features. In a yeast two-hybrid screen, two cellular proteins, cyclophilin A (CyPA) and FK506-binding protein 12 (FKBP12), interacted with YY1. These interactions are specific and also occur in mammalian cells. Cyclosporin A and FK506 efficiently disrupt the YY1-CyPA and YY1-FKBP12 interactions. Overexpression of human CyPA and FKBP12 have different effects on YY1-regulated transcription with these effects being promoter-dependent. These results suggest that immunophilins may be mediators in the functional role of YY1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78245-3207, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Inouye
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016385:TATA Box; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014162:Transfection; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor; C494698:YY1 protein, human; D016572:Cyclosporine; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D016559:Tacrolimus