title: DP and E2F proteins: components of a heterodimeric transcription factor implicated in cell cycle control.
abstract: In mammalian cells, DRTF1/E2F is a transcription factor widely believed to integrate cell-cycle progression with the transcription apparatus through its cyclical interactions with important regulators of the cell cycle, such as the retinoblastoma tumour-suppressor gene product, cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases. Recently, a number of exciting developments have uncovered the heterodimeric nature of DRTF1/E2F by defining two distinct families of proteins, DP and E2F, which comprise its activity; efficient DNA-binding activity arises when a DP protein interacts with an E2F protein. Combinatorial interactions generate a surprising array of sequence-specific heterodimers, a diversity that is probably necessary to enable different cell cycle regulating proteins to integrate their activities with transcription.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: La Thangue
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; C493735:TFDP1 protein, human; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors