title: Site-directed mutagenesis study on DNA binding regions of the mouse homologue of Suppressor of Hairless, RBP-J kappa.
abstract: To map regions important for DNA binding of the mouse homologue of Suppressor of Hairless or RBP-J kappa protein, mutated mouse RBP-J kappa cDNAs were made by insertion of oligonucleotide linkers or base replacement. DNA binding assays using the mutated proteins expressed in COS cells showed that various mutations between 218 Arg and 227 Arg decreased the DNA binding activity drastically. The DNA binding activity was not affected by amino acid replacements within the integrase motif of the RBP-J kappa protein (230His-269His). Replacements between 291Arg and 323Tyr affected the DNA binding activity slightly but reproducibly. These results indicate that the region encompassing 218Arg-227Arg is critical for the DNA binding activity of RBP-J kappa. This region did not show any significant homology to motifs or domains of the previously described DNA binding proteins. Using a truncation mutant protein RBP-J kappa was shown to associate with DNA as a monomer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honjo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaichi
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C497571:Rbpj protein, mouse; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes