title: Cloning, mapping and expression of PEBP2 alpha C, a third gene encoding the mammalian Runt domain.
abstract: PEBP2/CBF is a heterodimeric transcription factor composed of alpha and beta subunits. Previously, we reported two distinct mouse genes, PEBP2 alpha A and PEBP2 alpha B, which encode the alpha subunit. PEBP2 alpha B is the homologue of human AML1, encoding the acute myeloid leukemia 1 protein. AML1 and human PEBP2/CBF beta were detected independently at the breakpoints of two characteristic chromosome translocations observed frequently in two subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia. The PEBP2 alpha proteins contain a 128-amino-acid (aa) region highly homologous to the Drosophila melanogaster segmentation gene runt. The evolutionarily conserved region, named the Runt domain, harbors DNA-binding and heterodimerizing activities. In this study, we identified the third Runt-domain-encoding gene, PEBP2 alpha C, which maps to 1p36.11-p36.13 in the human chromosome and encodes a 415-aa protein. PEBP2 alpha C forms a heterodimer with PEBP2 beta, binds to the PEBP2 site and transactivates transcription, similar to PEBP2 alpha A and PEBP2 alpha B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viral Oncology, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigesada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D050657:Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits; D050658:Core Binding Factor beta Subunit; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D050657:Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits; D050658:Core Binding Factor beta Subunit; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C493728:RUNX1 protein, human; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C493726:Runx1 protein, mouse; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors