title: Dominant negative analogs of NF-YA.
abstract: NF-Y is a highly conserved heteromeric CCAAT-binding transcription factor involved in the function of several promoters. The NF-YA subunit contains a domain of high homology to yeast HAP2, which we show to be necessary and sufficient to mediate interactions with the NF-YB subunit and with DNA. Using protein affinity columns derivatized with amino acid substitution mutants, we further dissect this region into two functionally separable subdomains. The subunit association function resides in a 21-amino acid stretch, which is almost perfectly conserved among different species, while interaction with DNA resides in another short segment. We also show that DNA-binding mutants act as dominant repressors of NF-Y-DNA complex formation and of NF-Y-dependent transcription.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, Institut de Chimie Biologique, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mantovani
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pessara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hooft van Huisjduijnen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benoist
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mathis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA