title: The Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 transactivator is directed to response elements by the J kappa recombination signal binding protein.
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA-2) plays an essential role in primary B-lymphocyte growth transformation. EBNA-2 is an acidic transcriptional transactivator that is brought to virus and cell EBNA-2 response elements by interaction with a factor that recognizes the double-stranded sequence MNYYGTGGGAA, where M is A or C, N is any nucleotide, and Y is a pyrimidine. A 63-kDa protein that recognizes this DNA sequence has now been purified by S-Sepharose and oligonucleotide affinity chromatography. p63 peptide sequence is identical to the predicted amino acid sequence for the human J kappa immunoglobulin recombination signal binding protein. Purified or recombinant in vitro-translated J kappa binds to the MNYYGTGGGAA EBNA-2 response element sequence and interacts with EBNA-2. Surprisingly, J kappa does not bind to the J kappa 1 heptamer recombination signal sequence (CACTGTG), and its prior identification as a heptamer binding protein was most likely due to the addition of a BamHI restriction site to the native heptamer creating a near EBNA-2 response element consensus (CACTGTGGGAT).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Johannsen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yalamanchili
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kieff
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins