title: Masking of the CBF1/RBPJ kappa transcriptional repression domain by Epstein-Barr virus EBNA2.
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) is a transcriptional activator that is essential for EBV-driven B cell immortalization. EBNA2 is targeted to responsive promoters through interaction with a cellular DNA binding protein, C promoter binding factor 1 (CBF1). A transcriptional repression domain has been identified within CBF1. This domain also interacts with EBNA2, and repression is masked by EBNA2 binding. Thus, EBNA2 acts by countering transcriptional repression. Mutation at amino acid 233 of CBF1 abolishes repression and correlates with a loss-of-function mutation in the Drosophila homolog Su(H).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hayward
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C497570:RBPJ protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators