title: Cloning and characterisation of a nuclear, site specific ssDNA binding protein.
abstract: Estradiol inducible, liver-specific expression of the apoVLDL II gene is mediated through the estrogen receptor and a variety of other DNA-binding proteins. In the present study we report the cloning and characterisation of a single-strand DNA binding protein that interacts with the lower strand of a complex regulatory site, which includes the major estrogen responsive element and a site that resembles the rat albumin site D (apoVLDL II site D). Based on its binding specificity determined with electro-mobility shift assays, the protein is named single-strand D-box binding factor (ssDBF). Analysis of the deduced 302 amino acid sequence revealed that the protein belongs to the heteronuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B family (hnRNP A/B) and resembles other known eukaryotic single-strand DNA binding proteins. Transient transfection experiments in a chicken liver cell-line showed that the protein represses estrogen-induced transcription. A protein with similar binding characteristics is present in liver nuclear extract. The relevance of the occurrence of this protein to the expression of the apoVLDL II gene is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Smidt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Russchen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Snippe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wijnholds
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ab
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D015870:Gene Expression; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; C094912:single-strand D-box binding protein, Gallus gallus