title: A single phosphotyrosine residue of Stat91 required for gene activation by interferon-gamma.
abstract: Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) stimulates transcription of specific genes by inducing tyrosine phosphorylation of a 91-kilodalton cytoplasmic protein (termed STAT for signal transducer and activator of transcription). Stat91 was phosphorylated on a single site (Tyr701), and phosphorylation of this site was required for nuclear translocation, DNA binding, and gene activation. Stat84, a differentially spliced product of the same gene that lacks the 38 carboxyl-terminal amino acids of Stat91, did not activate transcription, although it was phosphorylated and translocated to the nucleus and bound DNA. Thus, Stat91 mediates activation of transcription in response to IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shuai
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Darnell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D007371:Interferon-gamma