title: A widely distributed putative mammalian transcriptional regulator containing multiple paired amphipathic helices, with similarity to yeast SIN3.
abstract: The mammalian Sin3 gene (mSin3) encodes four paired amphipathic helix (PAH) motifs, three of which and an extended region beyond PAH3 share between 59 and 70% sequence similarity with the yeast transcriptional regulator, SIN3. However, mSin3/SIN3 fusion proteins were not able to substitute for the yeast molecule in complementation assays. Transcripts encoding this putative transcriptional regulator, which maps to human chromosome 15q24, were detected in multiple mouse tissues, with highest levels seen in testis, lung, and thymus. Its wide tissue distribution suggests that mSin3, like yeast SIN3, may regulate the transcription of multiple genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, University Park 16802, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Halleck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pownall
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Harder
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Jirik
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schlegel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006655:Histone Deacetylases; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C071731:SIN3 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D006655:Histone Deacetylases